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South Of England Procurement Centre

Provision of Membership Examination of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) Preparation Courses for Specialist Trainees in General Practice in Health Education England (HEE), South West- NHS/SoEPS/19.493

EducationCPV 80000000
Value£450k
Deadline19 May 2019
Published12 Aug 2019
RegionSouth West
Timeline
Published 12 Aug 2019ClosedCloses 19 May 2019
Contract value in context
£450ktotal contract value
median £84k
this tender£0£2.4m

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The brief

NHS South of England Procurement Services (SoEPS), acting on behalf of Health Education England (HEE - the Commissioner) are commencing a tender for the provision of Membership Examination of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) Preparation Courses for Specialist Trainees in General Practice in Health Education England (HEE) South West.

Health Education England (HEE) supports the delivery of excellent healthcare and health improvement to the patients and public of England by ensuring that the workforce of today and tomorrow has the right numbers, skills, values and behaviours at the right time and in the right place All GP Specialist Trainees (GPSTs) are required to pass the Membership Examination of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) in order to be able to apply for a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at the end of their training programme.

The MRCGP exam consists of three parts all of which must be passed for completion.

The first part is Work Place Based Assessment (WPBA), which is assessed at Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP) panels.

The other two parts are the Applied Knowledge Test (AKT) and Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA).

The initial contract period of three years will be a maximum value of £450,000 exclusive of VAT.

The Authority retains the option to extend the contracts by a further 2 year period.

The contract will commence on 1st August 2019, with the actual service commencement date of 1st September 2019.

Bidders are invited to access the procurement documentation at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning Please access the ITT procurement documents for further information.

Key requirements

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All GP Specialist Trainees (GPSTs) are required

All GP Specialist Trainees (GPSTs) are required to pass the Membership Examination of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) in order to be able to apply for a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at the end of their training programme.

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The MRCGP exam consists of three parts

The MRCGP exam consists of three parts all of which must be passed for completion.

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