Planning

National Neonatal Audit Programme

HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP LTD

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24 Sep 2025 at 13:05

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

22 Sep 2025 at 13:05

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership Ltd is in the planning stage of recommissioning the National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP). This process aims to assess and enhance the quality of neonatal care across NHS-funded services in England, Wales, Scotland, and the Isle of Man. Key dates include the pre-market engagement session on 7th November 2025 and the tender publication in January 2026, leading to an award by July 2026. The contract period is scheduled to commence on 1st April 2027, initially for three years with a possible extension of two additional years. The procurement method is an open tender, with a maximum budget set at £1,026,114 GBP, exclusive of VAT, for the core three-year term. This procurement falls under the services category, specifically health services, and involves a location delivery across the UK.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in healthcare quality improvement and data analytics. Companies experienced in conducting clinical audits, particularly those with expertise in handling large healthcare datasets and aligning with national quality standards, would be well-suited to bid. The project's aim to foster systematic improvements in neonatal care through timely, high-quality data and stakeholder engagement offers a lucrative opportunity for organisations capable of managing complex audit processes and engaging with a broad range of stakeholders, including clinicians, commissioners, and patient groups. The potential to incrementally increase the contract value based on aspirational goals further enhances its appeal for innovative and strategically-minded enterprises.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

National Neonatal Audit Programme

Notice Description

The contract is expected to initially be delivered for NHS-funded care in England, Wales, Scotland, and Isle of Man for a period of 3 years, at a maximum total budget of up to PS1,026,114 GBP excluding VAT. Bids exceeding this limit will be rejected. There is potential to extend the contract for up to two additional years as well as the option to include other Devolved Nations and/or Crown Dependencies. The maximum budget 'core' value is PS1,026,114 GBP excluding VAT. This excludes the potential two year extension and aspirational intent which will be included in the service specification at point of tender. The role of a national clinical audit is to stimulate healthcare improvement through the provision of high quality information on the organisation, delivery and outcomes of healthcare, together with tools and support to enable healthcare providers and other audiences to make best use of this information. Outcomes are benchmarked against national guidance and standards e.g. quality standards from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), and those from other established professional and patient sources. Successful national audits are those where the individuals providing the data are also in a position to improve the system, and there is a shared understanding of what good care looks like. The overarching aim is to stimulate improvements in care for babies admitted to neonatal care by measuring variations in quality, experience and outcomes of NHS care in England and Wales. During this contract period, the successful tenderer will need to build on the achievements of the audit to date and enhance the ability for the audit to be used for healthcare improvement. Data is most useful locally for healthcare improvement when its provision to clinical teams is timely, the data is refreshed regularly and appropriate tools, support and guidance accompany the data outputs. The intent is for all of these features of the audit to be implemented and improved during the period of this contract. The audit supplier will work with commissioners and funders to create a coherent strategy for how improvement goals will support the organisations in the neonatal care pathway to try and achieve them. This audit programme is expected to: a.develop a robust, high quality audit designed around key quality indicators likely to best support local and national quality improvement; b.achieve, articulate and maintain close alignment with relevant NICE national guidance and quality standards throughout the audit, as appropriate; c.enable improvements through the provision of timely, high quality data that compares providers of healthcare, and comprises an integrated mixture of named Trust or Health Board, commissioner, MDT, possibly consultant or clinical team level and other levels of reporting; d.engage parents, carers and families in a meaningful way, achieving a strong patient voice which informs and contributes to the design, functioning, outputs and direction of the audit; e.consider the value and feasibility of linking data at an individual patient level to other relevant national datasets either from the outset or in the future, and plan for these linkages from the inception of the contract; f.ensure robust methodological and statistical input at all stages of the audit; g.identify from the outset the full range of audiences for the reports and other audit outputs, and plan and tailor them accordingly; h.provide audit results in a timely, accessible and meaningful manner to support quality improvements, minimising the reporting delay and providing continual access to each unit for their own data; i.utilise strong and effective project and programme management to deliver audit outputs on time and within budget; and j.develop and maintain strong engagement with local clinicians, networks, commissioners, parents and their families and carers and charity and community support groups in order to drive improvements in services for babies. Further details of the existing audit can be found at: https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/work-we-do/clinical-audits/nnap To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=982420642

Planning Information

Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) is seeking to engage with the market on the recommissioning of the National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP). The Authority is looking to build on the successes of the existing audit currently contracted with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Further information as well as details of the current audit can be found at: https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/work-we-do/clinical-audits/nnap HQIP will be looking to hold a pre-market engagement session with potential suppliers on Friday 7th November 2025 2.00pm-4.00pm. Also in attendance will be system partners and service specialists including charities. The aim of the pre market engagement session is for interested parties to hear and contribute to discussions with system experts and patient groups that will feed in to HQIP’s final decisions on the scope of the audit during this next contract period, and the anticipated outcomes over the 3-5 years of the audit. The existing specification is available for review by any interested parties and whilst it will provide information on how the current audit was scoped, it is important to understand that the recommissioning of this audit may amend the requirements. At this point, the Authority is planning to run this procurement under an open tender. The proposed dates (subject to change solely at the Authorities discretion) are as follows: - 7th November 2025 - Pre Market Engagement Session - Publication of tender opportunity – January 2026 - Evaluation of submitted bids – February – March 2026 - Award – July 2026 - Contract start - 1st April 2027 Whilst the Authority intends to stick to the timeline, it may deviate away from it at any time. The expected value of the contract will be subject to increase under aspirational intent measures which will be defined in the service specification at point of tender. This aspirational intent will cover the value range and mechanisms for invoking each element of it. If you would like to join this pre market engagement event, please email procurement@hqip.org.uk stating your name, position and organisation by close of business Friday 24th October 2025 with 'NNAP Pre Market Engagement Event' as the subject line. Please also include any questions you may have. You may also use this opportunity to request a copy of the existing project specification.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-059f1c
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059280-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85100000 - Health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,026,114 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 Sep 20255 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
12 Jan 2026Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
31 Mar 2027 - 31 Mar 2030 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP LTD
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
procurement@hqip.org.uk
Contact Phone
0000000000

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
EC1V 2NX
Post Town
Central 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
Bunhill
Westminster Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury

Further Information

Notice Documents

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