Official UK procurement notice
CNO Safe Staffing Fellowship Academic Partner
Authority: NHS England (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThese services are categorised as Education & Training (CPV Code: 80000000 – Education & Training Services) which are subject to the PA23 Light Touch Regime.
NHS England seeks to commission academic partnership services deliver the Chief Nursing Officer’s (CNO) Safer Staffing Fellowship programme beyond March 2026. This Masters-level workforce planning, delivery and assurance programme has been instrumental in embedding a sustainable, evidence-based approach to safer staffing across NHS organisations in England. As the existing contract concludes on 31 March 2026, NHS England requires a new academic partner to ensure continuity of this nationally recognised and highly valued Fellowship. The programme supports senior nurses and midwives in leading safe, effective and productive staffing practices, aligned with national policy, strategic workforce planning, and the ambitions of the Long Term Workforce Plan.
Please see link below for further information and the tender documents.
CPV: Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£235,000
- Condition of participation
Completion of all requested tender documents
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical including social value: 70%
- Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical including social value
- Price
- Condition of participation
Completion of all requested tender documents
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Sept 2025, 08:09 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Sept 2025, 08:09 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-057538- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059cb8Find a Tender
- Reserved participation area
- K02000001
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 10 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 1 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
The tender should be submitted through the Atamis procurement portal.
Timeline
18 Sept 2025 → 3 Nov 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published18 Sept 2025, 08:09 BST
- Clarification questions by395 days ago1 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline386 days ago10 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
- Contract starts362 days ago3 Nov 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published18 Sept 2025, 08:09 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender