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Published 22 Oct 2025, 12:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Design and Print Services for Healthcare Quality Improvement (HQIP)

Official notice

Authority: Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (Public body)

ServicesAbove threshold
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£132,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Dec 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 30 May 2029 · up to 30 May 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Jun 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Lot 1 – National Joint Registry Annual Report - services

The commission of an agency to design the NJR Annual Report and associated supplementary documents. There is a fixed project timeline to work within each year (July to September) and a detailed plan for work will be discussed and created at the start of the project to agree timelines and milestones for two iterations to be reviewed and feedback provided, and then final version completed and signed off.

This is an annual project involving the layout range of documents which are listed below, with a link to a live website to the NJR Annual Report 2025, the most recently produced versions of all documents.

The NJR Annual Report consists of the following documents that are laid out in InDesign:

-Hip Report (2025: 191 pages)

-Knee Report (2025: 144 pages)

-Ankles Report (2025: 66 pages)

-Elbows Report (2025: 77 pages)

-Shoulders Report (2025: 101 pages)

-Combined Report (this is a mixture of the above reports into a new discrete combined document 2025: 421 pages)

-Infographic A4/A3 landscape

-Glossary (2025: 10 pages)

-Welsh Report (2025: 14 pages)

-Appendix 1 (2025: 5 pages)

-Appendix 2 (2025: 9 pages)

-Appendix 3 (2025: 26 pages)

-Appendix 4 (2025: 36 pages)

-Unit-level activity and outcomes (2025: 27 pages)

(Note: The final report also includes many other documents that can be seen online too, but these are produced in-house by the NJR Comms team.)

Documents for previous NJR Annual Reports can all be found and downloaded here: reports.njrcentre.org.uk ↗

Lot 2 – HQIP annual report and other ad hoc design services

Design and layout of the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership annual report in accordance with agreed timelines. The annual report incorporates the trustees’ report and statutory accounts of the charitable company, as required under Company and Charity Law. Historically, the report is around 45 pages. Content for the report is provided by HQIP during September and early October with the final draft available for proofing by the end of October and final sign off in late November. The report is predominantly made up of text and tables with a few infographics and images. The report is published on HQIP’s website and submitted to the Charity Commission and Companies House; printed copies are not produced.

Previous HQIP annual reports can be found here: www.hqip.org.uk/about-us/board-accou… ↗

Ad hoc design services

Design agency mid-range skill capacity is required to support the creation of a wide range of visual materials used operationally and to promote messaging in the orthopaedic health sector. The volume of work will be dependent on our workstreams year-to-year and on the capacity of the NJR team working on a range of similar activities.

The list of typical collateral below represents example work only and is not exhaustive of the type of design work that may be requested.

Typical collateral

The list below is representative of the type of work HQIP and the NJR may commission design services for.

•Layout of Minimum data set (MDS) forms - www.njrcentre.org.uk/healthcare-providers… ↗

•Patient Information Leaflet - www.njrcentre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2… ↗

•Poster for hospitals (link) - www.njrcentre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2… ↗

•A1, A2, A3 posters for events, highlighting the NJR’s workstreams

•Advertisements, created for use in journals

•Design only, for banner stands/ pop-up event materials

The contract will initially be for a period of 3 years, at a maximum total budget of up to £132,000 GBP, excluding VAT. Bids exceeding this limit will be rejected. There is potential to extend the contract for up to two additional years.

The maximum budget ‘core’ value is £158,400 including VAT and £132,000 GBP, excluding VAT.

This excludes the potential two-year extension and aspirational intent which will be included in the service specification at point of tender.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:

www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London… ↗

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/ZQ34K8C583 ↗

CPV: Design consultancy services · Graphic design services · Printing and delivery services · Specialty design services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrs
Contract period: 1 Jun 2026 – 30 May 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 30 May 2031 with extensions
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
22 Oct 2025, 12:05 BST
Last source update
22 Oct 2025, 12:05 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-067425
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Design consultancy servicesGraphic design servicesPrinting and delivery servicesSpecialty design services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d177 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

22 Oct 2025 → 1 Jun 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published372 days ago
    22 Oct 2025, 12:05 BST
  2. Market engagement358 days ago
    4 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT

    Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) is seeking to engage with the market for these services.

    HQIP will be looking to hold a pre-market engagement session with potential suppliers on Monday 10th November 2025 11.00am - 1.00pm

    The aim of the pre-market engagement session is for interested parties to hear about the contract and contribute to discussions with the HQIP and NJR teams.

    At this point, the Authority is planning to run this procurement under a Competitive Flexible Procedure

    The proposed dates (subject to change solely at the Authority’s discretion) are as follows:

    • Pre-market Engagement Session: Monday 10th November 2025
    • Publication of tender opportunity: December 2025, with an extended response date to account for the Christmas period
    • Evaluation of submitted bids: Late January – February 2026
    • Award: May 2026
    • Contract start: 1st June 2026

    Whilst the Authority intends to adhere to the timeline, it may deviate away from it at any time.

    The expected value of the contract will be subject to increase under aspirational intent measures which will be defined in the service specification at point of tender.

    This aspirational intent will cover the value range and mechanisms for invoking each element of it.

    If you would like to join this pre-market engagement event, please email procurement@hqip.org.uk stating your name, position and organisation by close of business on Tuesday 4th November 2025 with : Design and Print Services for Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership Event as the subject line.

    Please also include any questions you may have.

  3. Tender notice expected331 days ago
    1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts150 days ago
    1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    22 Oct 2025, 12:05 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership Ltd

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PVVQ-6113-CJWD 128 City Road, London, London, EC1V 2NXContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure