Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Education Quality Assurance Services
Notice Description
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as the Contracting Authority wishes to establish a potential contract with a third-party delivery partner to undertake Quality Assurance of educational institutions across the UK on their behalf to ensure protection of the public. Quality Assurance (QA) of education is one of the key regulatory activities of the NMC. It gives us the confidence that education institutions are meeting our standards for education and training. This helps us to know that students who have successfully completed an approved programme are meeting the standards of proficiency that we require before they join our register and deliver safe, kind and effective care - it's one of the ways we fulfil our duty to protect the public. If QA identifies that an education institution isn't meeting our standards, we must take action so the education institution returns to compliance. This will ensure that there is public confidence in our role in nursing, midwifery and nursing associate education and encourages the education institution to remain responsible for meeting our standards. The responsibilities of the NMC for education and training are set out in the Nursing and Midwifery Order (The Nursing and Midwifery Order, Part IV Education and Training, 2001). The NMC has a responsibility to ensure that education institutions providing education and training of nurses, midwives and nursing associates meet our requirements and standards. The role of the Quality Assurance Service Partner (QASP) will be directed towards monitoring activities, including coordinating and facilitating monitoring visits, extraordinary reviews and listening events, along with supporting annual monitoring, undertaking thematic analysis and identifying trends in intelligence and making recommendations to support our QA decision-making. This shift of focus provides an opportunity to review our education QA requirements, as we look to procure a QASP best able to support us to fulfil our regulatory function, offering agility and innovative solutions to implementing the QA framework, ensuring that our EDI Strategy and plan remains at the forefront of the work we do, as move to indefinite approval and focus on robust risk-based monitoring. Initial contract is for 36 months with an option to extend up to a further 24-month possible extension in 2 annual increments of 12 months (subject to excellent performance at the end of the initial terms). Please respond to this procurement by registering your interest via the NMC e-Sourcing portal ("e-Sourcing Portal") https://nmcprocurementportal.force.com/s/Welcome Please note the following project name and reference number allocated to this procurement process ('Procurement') within the e-Sourcing Portal: Project Name Provision of Education Quality Assurance Services Project Reference C1242 Additional information: The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at https://nmcprocurementportal.force.com/s/Welcome Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address. Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via https://nmcprocurementportal.force.com/s/Welcome Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above- mentioned address.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-c39107a8-3fc1-4e23-b236-303c8e550d3f
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/14d38b8e-6e01-4d10-a5bc-7cc99687eb7b
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
80000000 - Education and training services
85100000 - Health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £7,170,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £7,170,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 25 Nov 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 13 Dec 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 23 Apr 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2024 - 31 Aug 2027 2-3 years
- 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
- NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Rahat Khalil
- Contact Email
- procurement@nmc-uk.org
- Contact Phone
- +44 207 333 6524
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- W1B 1PZ
- Post Town
- 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
- Marylebone
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/14d38b8e-6e01-4d10-a5bc-7cc99687eb7b
25th November 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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