Official UK procurement notice
NHS Cancer Programme Innovation SBRI Healthcare Programme
Authority: NHS England (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS England is seeking to contract with a supplier to deliver the Programme Management Function for the NHS Cancer Innovation Open Call Programme (via SBRI Healthcare). The supplier will support assessment of the applications by a robust and independent three stage peer review and interview process requiring expertise in Cancer, implementation commercialisation and evaluation. Successful awardees are provided funding for real world pilots which are monitored and evaluated closely. To date there have been two rounds of the open call funding 14 innovations, the third round will be announced shortly. The successful supplier will be responsible for the following: - Continued management of Round 3 of the open call programme - Monitor performance and financial spend of pilots - Report of progress to the NHS Cancer Programme - Manage evaluation for each innovation including commissioning the NICE metal tool, obtaining input from the NICE scientific advice team and ensuring health economics are assessed - Provide tailored support and mentoring for innovators - Develop the scope for an additional offer of support for successful pilots demonstrating high impact and feasibility and administering a transparent and robust assessment process to review eligibility of pilots for additional support - Manage the administration of NHS Cancer Programme Innovation Events to showcase and facilitate networking between funded projects - Support the NHS Cancer Programme Innovation Team to manage the administration of future open calls The contract will be for an initial period of 3 years with an option to extend by up to 2 x 12 months. Details of this are set out in the Associated Tender Documents. The following associated tender documents are available on Atamis: - Invitation to Tender - Specification - Form of Tender - Supplier Information Questionnaire - Draft Contract Preliminary Market Engagement was carried out by the publishing of a Prior Information Notice on 8th August 2024 C300616 EOI – NHS England Cancer Innovation Open Call - Find a Tender
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 3 Apr 2028, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Business and management consultancy services · Evaluation consultancy services · Project management consultancy services · Project-management services other than for construction work
The lotProcurement structure
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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).
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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 (3)
- Technical: 60%
- Commercial: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical: 60% of the marks will be awarded to the technical response as per the documents
- Social Value: 10% of the overall mark will be awarded to Social Value as per the tender documents
- Commercial: 30% of the marks will be awarded to the commercial offer as per the 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- Yes · next expected 3 Apr 2028
- First published
- 3 Apr 2025, 11:52 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Apr 2025, 11:52 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 9 Jun 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-012766- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fc94Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Information on payment terms appliable to this tender and contract are detailed in the associated tender documents
- Risks
The risks associated with this tender and contract are: Future funding of the scheme is not guaranteed and therefore use of clause 23 of the Contract provided in the tender documents allowing Termination for Convenience will apply.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 13 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 28 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
3 Apr 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published3 Apr 2025, 11:52 BST
- Clarification questions by28 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline13 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by9 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published3 Apr 2025, 11:52 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