Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 22 Jul 2025, 08:49 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Pre-Market Engagment Business Case Psychological support and counselling services for resident doctors

Official notice

Authority: NHS England (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£1,438,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Jan 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2029 · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NHS England is looking to engage with suppliers who can delivery psychological support and counselling services for resident doctors. It is an NHSE requirement for postgraduate deaneries to provide counselling and wellbeing services to resident doctors and dentists. Counselling and wellbeing support is critical for reducing postgraduate trainee attrition and securing the critical retention of the much-needed future workforce, in alignment with the objectives of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan. We are seeking to replace our current delivery model with a single provider to cover the whole region to ensure trainees have equitable access to the same services, regardless of their base. To find out further details and express an interest in the market engagement event please email the address below. england.professionalsupport.yh@nhs.net

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 3 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 (3 yrs)
Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

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 Jul 2025, 08:49 BST
Last source update
22 Jul 2025, 08:49 BST
Authority reference
BC-27084
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-041816
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056362 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

22 Jul 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    22 Jul 2025, 08:49 BST
  2. Market engagement
    25 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST

    Market engagement exercise.

  3. Tender notice expected301 days ago
    1 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts212 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    22 Jul 2025, 08:49 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

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 (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure