How to win: Procurement for the Centre for Advancing Practice ePortfolio (Supported Route)

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NHS England is seeking to commission Process Outsourcing Services to support the delivery of the Centre for Advancing Practice ePortfolio (Supported) Route. The Centre for Advancing Practice is procuring external support to ensure the continued delivery, quality, and scalability of its national recognition and quality assurance functions for advanced and consultant level practitioners. Increasing demand for these services, combined with internal workforce capacity constraints, has created a requirement for an experienced supplier to provide additional operational, academic, and technical capacity. The appointed supplier will be required to support delivery across the following three core service areas: • The ePortfolio (Supported) Route • Reviewer and subject matter expert infrastructure • Implementation and ongoing management of digital badges The supplier will provide end to end operational, administrative, and quality assurance support for the Centre for Advancing Practice’s recognition and assurance functions. This will include, but is not limited to: • Delivery of a fair, consistent, and high quality ePortfolio (Supported) Route • Management and coordination of a multi profess

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