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title: "National Paediatric Critical Care Audit"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02d261"
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# National Paediatric Critical Care Audit

Buyer: HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02d261

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## Summary

The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) has awarded a contract for the National Paediatric Critical Care Audit. The successful supplier, The University of Leeds, has been tasked to enhance the audit's ability to facilitate healthcare improvement by measuring variations in quality, experience, and outcomes within the UK. This procurement falls under the category of health and social work services and operates within the UK region. The procurement method utilised was an open procedure, initiated with a tender, and has now reached the contract award stage. The contract period commences on 1 April 2026 and concludes on 31 March 2027, with a signed value of £2,201,876.20 GBP for a duration of 1800 days.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in healthcare services, especially those adept in data-driven quality improvement initiatives. Companies that can offer innovative strategies to reduce clinical risks and enhance patient care experiences are particularly well-suited to engage with this project. Collaboration will include working with commissioners, funders, and operational delivery networks to implement SMART improvement aims, addressing areas such as reducing mortality risk and length of hospital stays for children with complex medical needs. Businesses capable of leveraging audit data for strategic healthcare advancements will likely find substantial growth opportunities through participation in such contracts.

## Notice

The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) is seeking to commission an organisation that will support the delivery of the National Paediatric Critical Care Audit. The audit will be delivered nationally. The successful bidder will be required to build on the achievements of the audit to date and enhance the ability of the audit to be used for healthcare improvement.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The overarching aim is to stimulate improvements in care for patients by measuring variations in quality, experience and outcomes. 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. This re-commission provides an opportunity to move the audit on from data collection for healthcare planning and research, to data driven healthcare quality improvement. Tenderers should propose five clinically important, realistic and measurable (SMART) 3-year improvement aims. Tenderers should consider improvement aims from the following areas, but can also propose aims from other areas: * Reduce: o the risk of dying o unplanned extubation rates o specialist PCC transport service refusals for urgent transfer o the number of children transferred to a unit more than two hours (travel by road) away o the central line infection rate o the length of stay for children with complex medical needs o the number of unnecessary cardiac surgery admissions to PCC Level 3 o emergency readmission rates * Increase the proportion of parents and families who have excellent care experiences (with a baseline measure) The audit supplier will work with commissioners, funders, specialised commissioning and operational delivery networks (ODNs) to create a coherent strategy for how the improvement goals listed above, or similar, will be achieved.

Options: Contract has the option to be extended for a further 2 years in addition to the initial 3 year period.

Renewal: Extension of up to 2 years.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014593-2026 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Feb 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 10 Sep 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 6 Dec 2021 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,079,400 |
| Lots value | £1,079,400 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £3,281,272 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | West London |
| Postcode | W1G 8LZ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI43 Haringey and Islington |
| Local authority | Islington |
| Electoral ward | Bunhill |
| Westminster constituency | Islington South and Finsbury |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 2 |
| Supplier names | THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS; UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 18 Feb 2026 at 09:40 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014593-2026
- 26 Apr 2022 at 15:54 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010764-2022
- 15 Feb 2022 at 14:39 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004291-2022
- 9 Aug 2021 at 11:03 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019186-2021

## Notice URLs

- http://www.hqip.org.uk
- https://s2c.waxdigital.co.uk/HQIP/SignIn.aspx
- https://www.hqip.org.uk/

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