Notice Information
Notice Title
DHSC: NHS Pensions McCloud Programme Management Support
Notice Description
The delivery of the McCloud Remedy for 1.1million members of the NHS Pension Scheme is being delivered by the NHSBSA. To enable the NHSBSA to successfully deliver the remedy, DHSC have worked with the BSA to identify areas where additional expert resource is required. Such resources are not available within DHSC or NHSBSA, and these include specialist communications experts, programme management and quality assurance
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-0b820831-b180-40bb-ad8a-972dc6b828d7
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b5f5fd92-c0d2-40f5-905b-06b08f1f8072
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
66 - Financial and insurance services
-
- CPV Codes
66171000 - Financial consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £812,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £1,353,800 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 30 Jan 20263 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 23 May 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 26 May 20259 months ago
- Contract Period
- 25 May 2025 - 31 Mar 2026 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE (DHSC)
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1H 0EU
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b5f5fd92-c0d2-40f5-905b-06b08f1f8072
30th January 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dd755e6a-8d7f-43c7-b924-1329136d997f
2nd June 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/3ebd586b-8bbc-4ba2-b522-5ed2eb27c901
C363351 Pensions-Administration-Operational-Support-Services-Order Form A signed DHSC_Redacted -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/e2203437-edae-4548-919f-477204410d0a
C363351 Pensions-Administration-Operational-Support-Services-Order Form A signed DHSC_Redacted
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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