Notice Information
Notice Title
NCL Workforce Development and Transformation
Notice Description
North Central London (NCL) ICB intend to directly award to NCL Training Hub (provider) a contract to deliver non-clinical services to support general practice workforce development and transformation across North Central London. The Training Hub is a unique provider within NCL, having been contracted, following a procurement process, by NHS England Workforce, Training and Education Directorate (NHSE WT&E) to be the nominated training body for North Central London ICS. The non-clinical (training) services to be procured represent a continuation of services procured in 2024/25 to support NCL primary care workforce recruitment, retention and succession planning. This will include continued delivery of the final year of a multi-year, nationally funded General Practice Fellowship and Mentoring Programme, which is funded through annual allocation of Service Development Funding. Additionally, a programme of training and development for NCL general practices and Primary Care Networks. The contract will cover delivery of: 1. The final year of the GP Fellowship & Mentoring Programme (59% of contract value) 2. Workforce training and development in support of the NCL People Strategy (41% of contract value) This contract will be for one year in duration. PLEASE NOTE: Reference to the standstill period is to be ignored, the transparency notice (2025/S 000-052567) initiated a standstill which ended on 9th September 2025.
Procurement Information
Each Integrated Care System (ICS) across England has an appointed Training Hub. For NCL ICS, this is the NCL Training Hub. The Training Hub is a unique provider within NCL, having been contracted, following a procurement process, by NHS England Workforce, Training and Education Directorate (NHSE WT&E) to be the training body for North Central London ICS. There is an expectation that they deliver training to general practice, where there is a need for this to be embedded within the wider system. SDF Guidance for 2025/26 states that: "Systems should engage with practices, PCNs and training hubs to understand the training and development needs and identify where programmes may need to be commissioned to meet them, building on the training hub core offer". Training Hubs are run by a clinical leadership and management supported by a network of primary care staff with education and training professionals based in the community, working closely with general practice, PCNs and ICS to support workforce priorities and tackle health inequalities. The NCL Training Hub has an explicit remit, through its contract with NHSE WT&E to understand and respond to local system workforce challenges and, as part of this role, maintains established relationships with NCL GP practices, NCL PCNs, NCL GP Federations and the NCL GP Provider Alliance (GPPA). The NCL Training hub direct award is proposed due to the following justifications: 1. The interoperability and compatibility with existing provisions within the WT&E contract for the purchase of additional services to the development of General Practice workforce, noting the SDF guidance states funding is to be used to build on the training hub core offer Procurement Act 2023 applicable justification criteria 26 & 29 2. In relation to the final year of the GP Fellowships and Mentoring programme (59% of the contract value) infrastructure costs relating to this programme were commissioned at the start of each fellowships (up to and including final payment in 2023/24) positioning the Training Hub as the single supplier to deliver the final year of the programme due to the interoperability and technical expertise to deliver the final year of a 6 year programme Procurement Act 2023 applicable justification criteria 25, 26 & 29. The Commissioners are observing a standstill which will end at midnight on 9th September 2025.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0590c0
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055973-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
-
- CPV Codes
73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £1,589,900 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 11 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 28 Aug 20255 months ago
- Contract Period
- 29 Sep 2025 - 31 Mar 2026 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS NORTH CENTRAL LONDON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- nclicb.nclcontractqueries@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- N1 1TH
- Post Town
- North London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI43 Haringey and Islington
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Islington
- Electoral Ward
- Laycock
- Westminster Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055973-2025
11th September 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/052567-2025
29th August 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
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