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East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust (ENHT), The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) and West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (WHHT) are seeking to create a collaborative Minor Works Framework to support the respective Contracting Authorities' Estates and Capital departments. It is envisaged that the Framework will be divided into eight lots covering the following minor works category areas: Plumbing Building Fabric Maintenance (including Partitioning) Roofing and Guttering Glazing Flooring Painting and Decorating (Measured Term Contract (MTC)) Mechanical, Electrical and Building (MTC) Water The scope of work will comprise of both regular reactive maintenance together with planned maintenance and new build projects. ENHT, PAHT and WHHT are exploring sourcing pathway options including Open and Competitive Flexible Procedures with an external approved partner organisation, who may provide support and manage the procurement on behalf of the Contracting Authorities. Specifications are similarly at early stages of development.

Background: Organizations have a duty of care to support the physical and psychological health of their workforce. Mental health is a key part of improving personal health and wellbeing for our workforce. Data from the Trust's 2023 annual staff survey indicated that 41.1% of our staff had felt unwell due to work-related stress and over a third reported being 'burnt out' because of their work. 32.6% said they often or always found their work emotionally exhausting. Service Requirements: WHTH requires a service that will deliver the following: a) A responsive, accessible psychological support service for both individuals and teams. b) Improvement and maintenance of psychological wellbeing and a reduction of distress through group/team-based interventions and staff training initiatives c) Support with the prevention of distress through consultation to the wider organisation and key stakeholders such as wellbeing leads, organisational development and HR teams. d) A service based within proximity to our hospital sites that has in-depth knowledge of local mental health services, including referral pathways, community resources and support networks within the region. e) Face-to-face support provided across all three hospital sites at short notice when needed. Resourcing: The dedicated clinician outlined above will provide a service on two days per week, allowing for approximately 1 day per week allocated to Watford General (on or off-site) and half a day a week rotating through the other smaller sites (Hemel and St Albans), plus some off site time for clinical administration, record keeping and preparation. Some time is also factored in for reporting, clinical supervision and professional development / training. Some administration support (0.1 wte) will also be required to manage emails, requests and bookings, and support with data quality, reporting and clinical record system. Appropriate clinical supervision will be required, (preferably delivered by a Consultant Psychologist) to be provided for the Senior Psychologist within this service. This is a PIN Notice for the Intention to engage with potential suppliers who can provide this service for the trust. The procurement process with be subject to the Provider Selection Regime. Please review the attached specification for more details on the service requirements. The provider must be able to fulfill the entire requirements stated within the Trust specification. The deadline for response to OPT in is the 26th of November at 12pm noon. Any questions relating to this should be sent via the Atamis Portal. If you wish to OPT IN, please ensure this is communicated via the Atamis Portal. Please see the link below to Atamis. https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome The contract reference number is C317942

Background:<br/>Organizations have a duty of care to support the physical and psychological health of their workforce. Mental health is a key part of improving personal health and wellbeing for our workforce. Data from the Trust’s 2023 annual staff survey indicated that 41.1% of our staff had felt unwell due to work-related stress and over a third reported being ‘burnt out’ because of their work. 32.6% said they often or always found their work emotionally exhausting.<br/><br/>Service Requirements:<br/>WHTH requires a service that will deliver the following:<br/>a) A responsive, accessible psychological support service for both individuals and teams. <br/>b) Improvement and maintenance of psychological wellbeing and a reduction of distress through group/team-based interventions and staff training initiatives<br/>c) Support with the prevention of distress through consultation to the wider organisation and key stakeholders such as wellbeing leads, organisational development and HR teams.<br/>d) A service based within proximity to our hospital sites that has in-depth knowledge of local mental health services, including referral pathways, community resources and support networks within the region.<br/>e) Face-to-face support provided across all three hospital sites at short notice when needed.<br/><br/>Resourcing:<br/>The dedicated clinician outlined above will provide a service on two days per week, allowing for approximately 1 day per week allocated to Watford General (on or off-site) and half a day a week rotating through the other smaller sites (Hemel and St Albans), plus some off site time for clinical administration, record keeping and preparation. Some time is also factored in for reporting, clinical supervision and professional development / training. <br/>Some administration support (0.1 wte) will also be required to manage emails, requests and bookings, and support with data quality, reporting and clinical record system.<br/>Appropriate clinical supervision will be required, (preferably delivered by a Consultant Psychologist) to be provided for the Senior Psychologist within this service.

The West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust ("WHTHT") requires an advisory service for equipment that uses lasers. This service is urgently required and the WHTHT is looking for potential suppliers that have the necessary experience and expertise to successfully deliver the contract on an immediate start basis. Interested parties should contact the named buyer on this notice to express an interest in providing a proposal to WHTHT. The deadline for expressions of interest is 12 noon on Friday 6th October 2023. No ITT or ITQ documentation is available at this time, however interested parties will be notified of any process requirements in due course. Any quotation or tender would be run via the Atamis e-Tendering Portal (project ref. C212861).

The West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (WHTHT) will shortly be inviting quotes/ tenders to procure a new Authorising Engineer (Fire) contract. The new contract start date will be imminent and interested bidding organisations should contact the named Buyer in this notice to express and interest in being invited to quote / tender. Specification documents are in development and the quote / tender process will begin when a suitable supplier list has been created and the documentation is ready for issue.