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Social Care Tendering - Understanding the PSR Rules

Do you contract to supply health services? This may be with an NHS Trust, ICB, etc. or even a Local Authority. This course provides you with all you need to know about tendering under PSR Rules to retain or secure new contracts. Includes "Guidance on scoring for Commissioners.” •

Online Course:
3 hrs study and reading time

Available from November 29th
2023

Price
£54 (incl VAT)

What you are going to learn

About this course:

The first draft of the Procurement Act specifically stated that the Act would cover NHS contracting. There were long discussions of this point in both Houses of Parliament. In the end specific reference to the NHS was removed. On 19th October 2023 the Department of Health and Social Care laid a set of Regulations before both Houses which would apply to "Health Care Procurement". To be known as the Provider Selection Regime Regulations 2023 (PSR). These Regulations became law when they were approved by the House of Lords on 27th November and by the Commons on 29th November. They come into force from 1st January 2024. This course explains this new Regulations and how they are intended to work.    
Throughout this course you will:
  • Consider the meanings of "Relevant Healthcare" and "Social Care" based on legislation and CPV codes;
  • Understand the five methods by which the ICBs,  NHS Trusts, etc., will award contracts January 2024 onwards;
  • Understand the criteria and detailed methodology Commissioners will use to assess your tender (offer);
  • Decide how to develop an organisation-wide response to the new requirements:
  • Be able to download relevant documentation, including our e-book covering the legislation, which you can use for decision making.

What will we cover?

The course is in two sections in which we describe the features of the legislation structured in an understandable way, with explanations of the procedures involved.
The course is designed for procurement professionals, Trustees, Directors, Senior Managers and all decision makers in provider organisations.

Throughout we suggest possible implications for providers with thoughts they may wish to consider in preparing for tendering under the new regulations

Our Bonus sections describes the guidance for scoring offers provided for Commissioners. Be in the know about what they are looking for.

Background to the Regulations

We start section 1 of the course by setting out the definitions of the various services affected by the Regulations, including the services not covered.

Frameworks, Urgent Awards and Modifications

We look at the changes in how these will work compared with the systems used in the past.

Principles  and Award Processes

We describe the criteria a Commissioner must use for select one of the five Processes and how each process is to be applied.

The Key Criteria

This is the first of the two sets of assessment criteria which we set out in section 2. We provide details of the five headings with a detailed description of the information you may be asked to provide for under each heading.

The Standstill Period

How the new standstill period will work with notification deadlines and action routes for aggrieved providers. We describe the significant differences from the past.

The Basic Selection Criteria

Similar to the Standard Questionnaire, but with significant differences with a guide to the information you need to prepare before submitting an offer..

The Benefits of our Social Care Tendering (2024) Courses

The courses are designed as the new legislation is introduced. The first in the series looks in detail at the Health Care Services Provider Selection Regime Regulations. This, and all of the courses in the series, are designed to keep you informed of the changes before they come into force so that you can plan for the future an increase your contracting success.. 

Understand the Legislation

This course is based on the Statutory Instrument " Health Services England - The Health Care Services Providers Selection Regime Regulations 2023 (PSRs) coming into force on 1st January 2024

Work out how the changes affect my organisation?

Our courses will help you decide what changes you need to make to your services to give you the best chance of tendering success.

Plan your Tendering Strategy

Understanding the new requirements and in particular the assessment and award procedures will help you decide whether these contracts are for your organisation, if so how to plan effectively.

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