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# Provision of Education Quality Assurance Services

Buyer: NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c39107a8-3fc1-4e23-b236-303c8e550d3f

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## Summary

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has concluded an open procurement process for the "Provision of Education Quality Assurance Services" across the UK. The awarded contract, valued at £7.17 million, will span from 1st September 2024 to 31st August 2027. The procurement, initiated under the CPV category "Education and training services", involved an open procedure and was completed as of 25th November 2025. Potential bidders had until 13th December 2023 to submit their interest via the NMC's e-Sourcing portal. With the NMC based in London, the project aligns with their regulatory duties as outlined in the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001, focusing on assessing educational institutions' adherence to standards for nursing and midwifery education.

This tender offers significant growth opportunities, particularly for organisations that specialise in quality assurance within educational settings, especially those experienced with health services. The appointed Quality Assurance Service Partner will undertake key responsibilities including monitoring visits, themed analyses, and facilitating feedback events. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are especially suited to compete, given the contract's focus on agile and innovative solutions to support the NMC's regulatory framework. The opportunity to extend the contract by an additional 24 months upon satisfactory performance further enhances the potential benefits for businesses looking to expand into the educational quality assurance sector.

## Notice

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as the Contracting Authority wishes to establish a potential contract with a third-party delivery partner to undertake Quality Assurance of educational institutions across the UK on their behalf to ensure protection of the public. Quality Assurance (QA) of education is one of the key regulatory activities of the NMC. It gives us the confidence that education institutions are meeting our standards for education and training. This helps us to know that students who have successfully completed an approved programme are meeting the standards of proficiency that we require before they join our register and deliver safe, kind and effective care - it's one of the ways we fulfil our duty to protect the public. If QA identifies that an education institution isn't meeting our standards, we must take action so the education institution returns to compliance. This will ensure that there is public confidence in our role in nursing, midwifery and nursing associate education and encourages the education institution to remain responsible for meeting our standards. The responsibilities of the NMC for education and training are set out in the Nursing and Midwifery Order (The Nursing and Midwifery Order, Part IV Education and Training, 2001). The NMC has a responsibility to ensure that education institutions providing education and training of nurses, midwives and nursing associates meet our requirements and standards. The role of the Quality Assurance Service Partner (QASP) will be directed towards monitoring activities, including coordinating and facilitating monitoring visits, extraordinary reviews and listening events, along with supporting annual monitoring, undertaking thematic analysis and identifying trends in intelligence and making recommendations to support our QA decision-making. This shift of focus provides an opportunity to review our education QA requirements, as we look to procure a QASP best able to support us to fulfil our regulatory function, offering agility and innovative solutions to implementing the QA framework, ensuring that our EDI Strategy and plan remains at the forefront of the work we do, as move to indefinite approval and focus on robust risk-based monitoring. Initial contract is for 36 months with an option to extend up to a further 24-month possible extension in 2 annual increments of 12 months (subject to excellent performance at the end of the initial terms). Please respond to this procurement by registering your interest via the NMC e-Sourcing portal ("e-Sourcing Portal") https://nmcprocurementportal.force.com/s/Welcome Please note the following project name and reference number allocated to this procurement process ('Procurement') within the e-Sourcing Portal: Project Name Provision of Education Quality Assurance Services Project Reference C1242 Additional information: The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at https://nmcprocurementportal.force.com/s/Welcome Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address. Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via https://nmcprocurementportal.force.com/s/Welcome Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above- mentioned address.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/14d38b8e-6e01-4d10-a5bc-7cc99687eb7b |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 Nov 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 13 Dec 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 23 Apr 2024 |
| Contract period | 31 Aug 2024 - 31 Aug 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £7,170,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £7,170,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | West London |
| Postcode | W1B 1PZ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | Marylebone |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services
- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 25 Nov 2025 at 14:15 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/14d38b8e-6e01-4d10-a5bc-7cc99687eb7b
- 7 May 2024 at 13:43 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/14d38b8e-6e01-4d10-a5bc-7cc99687eb7b

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/14d38b8e-6e01-4d10-a5bc-7cc99687eb7b
  25th November 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/SupplierAttachment/1a99b53a-7bbe-44fc-864f-ba0fe8f83748

## Notice URLs

- https://nmcprocurementportal.force.com/s/Welcome

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