Somerset Health and Social Care Training, Workforce Development and Innovation Open Framework

Buyer

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Estimated value

£5m

Location

South West

Deadline

16 December 2026

Published

6 November 2026

Category

Education and training services

Trade

Training and education

Suitable for SMEs

Not flagged

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In plain English

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust seeks training, workforce development, and innovation services for the Somerset Health and Care Academy, focusing on social care programmes. This is an open framework procurement, but no specific contract length or accreditations are stated.

Description from the notice

Somerset Health and Care Academy (“the Academy”) is a strategic partnership established through a contractual joint venture between Somerset Council (SC), Somerset NHS Foundation Trust (SFT), and NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board (ICB). The purpose of the Academy is to establish a high-quality, flexible and scalable provider base to deliver training, workforce development, and innovation services aligned to system-wide workforce priorities, with a particular focus on providing high quality social care training programmes. SFT is running this procurement on behalf of the Academy.