Award

Board Impact and Improvement Programme

NHS ENGLAND

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

22 Oct 2025 at 13:28

Tender

28 May 2025 at 14:43

Planning

06 Mar 2025 at 16:15

Summary of the contracting process

NHS England, based in Leeds, recently concluded a procurement process for the "Board Impact and Improvement Programme," an initiative that aims to enhance the capability of all NHSE Boards across the UK. The procurement process followed the "open" method with a "Competitive flexible procedure" under the "lightTouch" special regime. The contract, awarded on 7th October 2025, is valued at £13,031,775 and involves services in education and training under CPV code 80000000. Deloitte LLP Primary, headquartered in London, secured the contract with the contract period commencing on 23rd October 2025 and potentially extending until 2029. The procurement's active stage involved submissions until 4th July 2025, with a focus on social value and competitive pricing.

This tender offers substantial opportunities for businesses specialising in education, management, and health training services. Those capable of designing large-scale improvement programmes can leverage this to demonstrate expertise in public sector transformation. Smaller enterprises and VCSEs were also considered suitable for participation, ensuring a diverse range of expertise to benefit NHS Boards across the country. Businesses with strategic insights into board efficiency and collaborative development will find this tender particularly aligned with their growth strategies. The competitive and flexible nature of the procurement encourages innovative approaches that align with NHS England's objective of achieving continuous improvement and efficiency within its boards.

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Notice Title

Board Impact and Improvement Programme

Notice Description

Currently, Boards across England are at varying stages in their maturity as evidenced by the NHS IMPACT self-assessment, and other indicators, leading to variation in performance that we believe could be mitigated with the right interventions. The Board Impact and Improvement Programme is a new initiative that takes a whole Board, national approach to capability building in the service of continuous improvement and efficiency. This programme will involve the design and development of an improvement programme for all NHSE Boards which will be tested in year one with full role out nationally in years 2-3. The programme further includes how Boards within systems work together to develop their improvement approach, whether as part of a provider collaborative, ICB footprint, sub-region or region.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: Initial contract period 3 years. Optional 1 year extension

Planning Information

Pre-engagement to be held on Friday 14th March 2025, 11:00am to 12noon via Teams. Interested parties must register their interest in the event, including the names and contact details of each attendee. To note, attendance is limited to a maximum of two people per provider. Please register via email only by contacting catherine.land@nhs.net The deadline for participation requests in the market engagement event is Friday 14th March at 10am. At this point in the process, potentially interested parties are asked to not approach NHSE staff to discuss this potential opportunity. If there are specific clarifications required on the opportunity, please address these through the contact details in this notice, or via the details provided at the event. Following this market engagement process: • NHSE may decide to embark on a process to procure provider or: • NHSE may decide not to commence such a procurement process. NHSE asks the market to appreciate that the main reasons for this engagement are to understand market interest, view of the opportunity and potential commercial arrangements that would be acceptable in the market, given the scale and the ambitions of the project . Should we pursue a process to procure a partner, it will be issuing contractual terms against which bidders will be assessed. Therefore, providing a response will assist us in developing such terms. NHSE also wish to confirm that anything discussed during the market engagement process will not have a bearing on the evaluation of parties during any subsequent process or give any indication of acceptance or commitment to a particular approach. NHSE shall have no liability for any costs howsoever incurred by those participating in this market engagement process.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ea3a
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067520-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services


CPV Codes

80000000 - Education and training services

80532000 - Management training services

80561000 - Health training services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£15,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£15,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
£13,031,775 £10M-£100M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
22 Oct 20254 months ago
Submission Deadline
4 Jul 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
1 Apr 2025Expired
Award Date
6 Oct 20254 months ago
Contract Period
22 Oct 2025 - 1 Jul 2028 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS ENGLAND
Additional Buyers

NHS ENGLAND, LEEDS

Contact Name
WTE.COMMERCIALTEAM (NHS ENGLAND)
Contact Email
england.workforcecommercialteam@nhs.net
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LEEDS
Postcode
LS1 4AP
Post Town
Leeds
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE4 West Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE42 Leeds
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)

Local Authority
Leeds
Electoral Ward
Hunslet & Riverside
Westminster Constituency
Leeds South

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

DELOITTE LLP PRIMARY

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