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Published 20 May 2025, 14:18 BST

Official UK procurement notice

National Education and Training for NHS Professionals in Advanced Clinical Practice

Official notice

Authority: NHS England (Central government)

ServicesBelow thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£140,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Apr 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrsends 1 Sept 2030 · up to 1 Sept 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NHS England's Workforce, Training and Education Directorate sets out a suite of Education and Training programmes which are supported financially by NHS England as a corporate body. This is a wide ranging list of programmes covering most professional groups. This procurement is for one of the programmes within this education and training offer. The overall Procurement is titled as Advanced Clinical Practice, and will include a review of the current provision, including rationalisation of the current programmes, and identification of new, aligned programmes. The current programmes under review for this reprocurement are: Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Critical Care, Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Mental Health, Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Supervision, Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Surgical Care, Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Top Up, Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Neo-nates, Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Specialist Portfolio (Training grant - i.e. FICM and MSK)

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 4 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Sept 2026 – 1 Sept 2030 (4 yrs) · up to 1 Sept 2032 with extensions
Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
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
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
20 May 2025, 14:18 BST
Last source update
11 Jun 2025, 15:59 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-031632
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0518e3 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

20 May 2025 → 1 Sept 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    20 May 2025, 14:18 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    11 Jun 2025, 15:59 BST
  3. Tender notice expected209 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts57 days ago
    1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 May 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    20 May 2025, 14:18 BST
    UK1
  2. Pipeline notice published
    11 Jun 2025, 15:59 BST
    UK1
Published amendments (1)

Estimated date of tender notice publication has been changed from July 25 to April 26

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

NHS England

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDPT-3135-BWWY Wellington House, 133-135 Waterloo Rd, London, London, SE1 8UGContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender