Notice Information
Notice Title
Regional delivery of a 60-credit specialist Adult Critical Care Nursing Course Level 6 & 7
Notice Description
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (the Authority) invites Tenders on behalf of the East of England Adult Critical Care Network (the Network) for the provision of a collaborative, regionally delivered, critical care provider-led, accredited 60-credit award course in Adult Critical Care Nursing at Levels 6 & 7 at a sustainable and affordable cost to the region, commencing in the academic year September 2027.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The authority will consider the opportunity to incoporate a 2-year contract extension where cohort student numbers make it viable to do so.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06ab7d
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051896-2026
- 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
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
80320000 - Medical education services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £767,300 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £767,300 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Jun 20262 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 3 Jul 20264 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 5 Sep 2027 - 5 Sep 2030 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2029-06-04
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CAMBRIDGE
- Postcode
- CB2 0QQ
- Post Town
- Cambridge
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLH1 East Anglia
-
- Local Authority
- Cambridge
- Electoral Ward
- Queen Edith's
- Westminster Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051896-2026
2nd June 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Notice URLs
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