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National Vascular Registry

HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP

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19 Oct 2026 at 10:26

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

14 Oct 2026 at 11:53

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) plans to commission the National Vascular Registry, a national clinical audit of NHS-funded vascular surgery. The service will collect and analyse information on procedures including abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, carotid endarterectomy, lower-limb angioplasty and bypass, and lower-limb amputation. Its purpose is to compare care and patient outcomes across providers and support improvements in service quality. The work includes developing quality indicators, aligning the audit with relevant national guidance, and producing timely, accessible reporting for healthcare teams and other audiences. It is expected to use existing routinely collected digital data where possible, with consideration of patient-level links to other national datasets. The initial scope is England; Wales and other devolved nations may be included. HQIP is the buying organisation. The service is for delivery across England, with possible expansion to other UK nations.

This is at planning stage: HQIP has stated an intention to procure, but has not yet invited tenders. It expects to use an open tender process. A pre-market engagement session is planned for 11 November 2026, with registration requested by 6 November. HQIP’s indicative timetable is to publish the tender in March 2027, evaluate bids in April or May, make an award in July 2027 and start the contract on 1 January 2028. The planned initial contract is three years, with a possible two-year extension. For England only, the indicative maximum budget is £1,619,337 excluding VAT (£1,943,204 including VAT); bids above the stated cap are expected to be rejected. The estimated extension value is £1,079,558 excluding VAT. Values and scope may change, including if devolved nations are added. One lot is planned.

The work is likely to suit organisations with experience delivering national clinical audits or healthcare quality improvement programmes, particularly in vascular surgery and NHS services. Relevant strengths include clinical audit design, robust statistical and methodological expertise, handling and linkage of routinely collected health data, and secure, effective reporting of comparative results. Suppliers will need the capability to provide timely data and useful tools, support and guidance that enable local clinical teams to act on findings, while reporting at appropriate provider and clinical-team levels. Strong programme and project management will be important to deliver outputs on time and within budget. HQIP also expects meaningful engagement with clinicians, healthcare networks, commissioners, patients, families, carers, charities and community groups, so suppliers able to include patient voices and work effectively with diverse stakeholders will be well placed. Alignment with relevant NICE guidance and quality standards is central to the intended audit.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

National Vascular Registry

Notice Description

The National Vascular Registry (NVR) will be for NHS-funded vascular surgery and is expected to include several significant changes in scope compared to the existing specification (which runs to 31/12/2027 and is available on request using the registration link). The initial contract is anticipated to be for a period of 3 years, with an indicative a maximum total budget for England only (see below regarding devolved nations) as follows: up to PS1,619,337 excluding VAT and PS1,943,204.including VAT. Bids exceeding the maximum total budget will be rejected. It is currently expected that the extension value will be a 2 year pro rata of the core 3 year funding, estimated at PS1,079,558 excluding VAT (England only). The figures stated here are based on the scope including England only. Other devolved nations could be included (particularly Wales) but details have not been finalised. The maximum contract value would be adjusted if additional areas are included. There is also potential to include aspirational intent measures (which will be defined in the service specification). All values stated may be subject to change and the final values will be given when the tender goes live. SCOPE OF THE AUDIT 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 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 can also improve the system, and there is a shared understanding of what good care looks like. The National Vascular Registry was established in 2013 and currently collects information on five vascular surgical procedures: Repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) Carotid endarterectomy Lower limb angioplasty Lower limb bypass Lower limb amputation Since 2020 the NVR has collected device data for certain procedure types - the contractual arrangements for this have changed over time, and HQIP and funders are considering whether this should form part of the current contract opportunity. The overarching aim of this audit is to stimulate improvements in care for patients undergoing vascular surgery through the provision of high-quality comparative data from all providers of these services by measuring and reporting variations in quality of care and patient outcomes. For all HQIP-commissioned national clinical audits, the default expectation is that existing, routinely collected digital data will be used wherever available, and bespoke collection of data is avoided unless there is no other means of sourcing the data capable of meeting the needs of the project. Potential sources of existing digital data can include national data collections (for example, Hospital Episode Statistics and the Patient Episode Database for Wales), and Electronic Patient Records (EPR) data (whether from the system providers or via local data extraction and upload). 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. 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, health board, commissioner, MDT, possibly consultant or clinical team level and other levels of reporting; dEngage 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 additional data linkage, 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 results 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, patients and their families and carers and charity and community support groups in order to drive improvements in services.

Planning Information

Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) is seeking to engage with the market on the commissioning of the National Vascular Registry (NVR) HQIP will be looking to hold a pre-market engagement session with potential suppliers on Wednesday 11th November 2026 from 11am to 1.30pm. This will include a 2-hour meeting with a wide range of stakeholders (11am-1pm) and a 30 minute meeting (1-1.30pm) to provide procurement information aimed specifically at potential bidders (although open to all attendees). Also in attendance will be system partners and service specialists including charities, professional bodies and other relevant stakeholders. 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 project over the 3-5 years of the programme. At this point, the Authority is planning to run this procurement under an open tender process. The proposed dates (subject to change solely at the Authorities discretion) are as follows: 11 November 2026 – Pre-Market Engagement Session (11.05 - 13.30) Publication of tender opportunity – March 2027 Evaluation of submitted bids – April / May 2027 Award – July 2027 Contract start – 01 January 2028 If you would like to join this premarket engagement event, please complete the following Microsoft form: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/0DdCBArY7s by close of business 6th November 2026.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-07875d
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098326-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Dynamic
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
£1,619,337 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
19 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Jan 2028 - 31 Dec 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
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
EC2V 6DL
Postcode Area
Central London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
City of London
Electoral Ward
Cheap
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Further Information

Notice Documents

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