Tender

National Neonatal Audit Programme

HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP LTD

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Summary of the contracting process

The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership Ltd, based in London, is managing an open procurement process for the National Neonatal Audit Programme, focusing on the health and social work services industry. This service is intended to cover NHS-funded care across England, Wales, Scotland, and the Isle of Man. The current tender stage requires submissions by 23rd February 2026, with the contract potentially extending to 31st March 2032 if renewed. The programme is designed to improve healthcare quality through high-quality data provision, including benchmarking against national standards such as NICE guidelines. The procurement process follows an open procedure, with a primary contract period from 1st April 2027 to 31st March 2030, and a potential 24-month extension.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses in healthcare data analytics, health services consulting, and organisations specialising in quality improvement initiatives. The contract's focus on healthcare quality and data integration makes it particularly suitable for enterprises adept at managing large datasets and liaising with diverse stakeholders, including clinicians, patients, and carers. The emphasis on quality improvement metrics and engagement strategies provides a platform for businesses strong in leadership, patient involvement, and data analytics to make a substantial impact on healthcare quality and open new channels for growth.

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Notice Title

National Neonatal Audit Programme

Notice Description

The contract will initially be delivered for NHS-funded care in England, Wales, Scotland and the Isle of Man for a period of 3 years, at a maximum total budget of up to PS1,233,000 GBP including VAT, PS1,027,500 GBP excluding VAT. Bids exceeding this limit will be rejected. There is potential to extend the contract for up to two additional years. All pricing submissions must be in regard to this 'core' value, and not inclusive of any extension costs or aspirational intent costs, i.e. Please only submit a cost schedule up to the maximum core value of PS1,233,000 GBP including VAT, PS1,027,500 GBP excluding VAT. The maximum budget 'core' value is PS1,233,000 GBP including VAT, PS1,027,500 GBP excluding VAT excludes the potential two year extension and aspirational intent as described in section 14 of Annex A - Service Specification. Please note, there is no commitment by the Authority at this stage to include any aspirational intent measures. Taking the total of this aspirational intent into account, as well as the possibility that a contract extension may be offered for an additional two years, the potential ceiling value is PS8,069,908 GBP including VAT. The role of a national clinical audit is to stimulate healthcare quality 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 available 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 who are engaging with and using the audit results are also in a position to improve the system, and where there is a shared understanding of what good care looks like. National clinical audits are expected to: a.Develop a robust, high-quality audit designed around key quality metrics likely to best support local and national healthcare quality improvement b.Detect, describe and help reduce unwarranted clinical variation by systematically benchmarking performance, identifying outliers, and supporting services to understand variation in outcomes, processes and experience c.Achieve, articulate and maintain close alignment with relevant NICE national guidance and quality standards throughout the audit, as appropriate d.Enable healthcare quality improvement through the provision of timely, high-quality data that compares providers of healthcare, and comprises an integrated mixture of named Trust or Health board, Integrated Care System (ICS), commissioner, multidisciplinary team (MDT), possibly consultant or clinical team level and other levels of reporting e.Engage patients, carers and the public in a meaningful way, achieving a strong patient voice which informs and contributes to the design, functioning, outputs and direction of the audit f.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 g.Ensure robust methodological and statistical input at all stages of the audit h.Identify from the outset the full range of audiences for the reports and other audit outputs, and plan and tailor them accordingly i.Provide audit results in a timely, accessible and meaningful manner to support healthcare quality improvement, minimising the reporting delay and providing continual access to each unit for their own data j.Utilise strong and effective project and programme management to deliver audit outputs on time and within budget k.Develop and maintain strong engagement with local clinicians, networks, commissioners, patients and their families and carers and charity and community support groups in order to drive improvements in services The anticipated outputs are: 1.Near real-time dynamic and interactive metric results 2.Publication of an annual state of the nation report 3.Quality improvement resources 4.The identification and notification of outliers Additional desirable features are set out below; however, the supplier will work with stakeholders to identify the functionalities important to them: *Presenting data via a range of graphic and tabular methods *Allowing users to define their own views (in addition to any pre-defined filters) *Functionality that compares a selected healthcare provider against other relevant comparators, and against averages for their nation, and allows the user to set their own healthcare provider comparators *Functionality for users to download the aggregate data being presented in each view, and the full set of graphs and visualisations for a chosen healthcare provider *Planning this secure, non-disclosive public data visualisation system alongside any provision of login-protected local visualisation for data to support direct care and / or local quality improvement *Presenting data on outlier status, particularly over time Further details of the current audit can be found at - https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/work-we-do/clinical-audits/nnap To respond to this opportunity, please visit https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/65789NT583 To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=1007684720

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0606bc
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004645-2026
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£8,069,908 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£8,069,908 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Jan 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
23 Feb 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
31 Mar 2027 - 31 Mar 2030 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP LTD
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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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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