ITT262 Patient Handling Tender - AWARD

The University of Northampton is seeking suppliers to provide a competitive tender for the provision of mandatory Patient Handling Training prior to students attending their allocated placements. The Faculty of Health and Society provides education and training opportunities for a range of healthcare professionals and has a requirement to ensure students undertake mandatory training prior to their allocated placements. Students on validated courses within the Faculty of Health & Society at the University of Northampton spend 50% of their course hours working in practice. The training they need to receive must be compliant with NHS partners which are detailed in the specification within the tender documents. There are several intakes of students predominantly in February & September each year, but also have smaller intakes throughout the year. The contract will be over a 3-year period commencing on January 1st, 2019 with an initial probationary period of 12 months, at which time the contract will be reviewed.