Notice Information
Notice Title
PMO Support for the NHS Cancer Programme Innovation Open Call
Notice Description
NHS England is seeking to award a contract 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.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Extension will be dependent upon supplier performance and continued funding of the scheme The extension will be 2 x 12 months
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04fc95
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065870-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
72224000 - Project management consultancy services
79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
79419000 - Evaluation consultancy services
79421000 - Project-management services other than for construction work
79421200 - Project-design services other than for construction work
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £2,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £1,958,002 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- £1,958,002 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 13 May 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 4 Jun 20258 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2025 - 30 Aug 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- 2028-04-03
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active, Pending
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS ENGLAND
- Contact Name
- Liz Salter
- Contact Email
- liz.salter2@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- 07542504519
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SE1 8UG
- Post Town
- South East London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI45 Lambeth
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Lambeth
- Electoral Ward
- Waterloo & South Bank
- Westminster Constituency
- Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065870-2025
16th October 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030829-2025
9th June 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012767-2025
3rd April 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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