--- title: "NQB Effective Safe Staffing Evidence Reviews" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05f08f" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05f08f" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05f08f.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05f08f.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "NHS ENGLAND" published: "2025-12-08" --- # NQB Effective Safe Staffing Evidence Reviews Buyer: NHS ENGLAND Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05f08f [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05f08f) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05f08f.json) ## Summary NHS England is initiating a tender for the "NQB Effective Safe Staffing Evidence Reviews", focusing on the health services industry within the United Kingdom. The contract involves a comprehensive programme to enhance staffing resources for safer healthcare staffing across multiple areas, with the procurement stage currently active. The process is being managed under open, below-threshold competitive procedures. Submissions must be entered through the Atamis tendering portal before 12 January 2026. The tender comprises five distinct lots involving critical care, community nursing, operating theatres, children's services, and neonatal care, with gross values for each lot estimated at £22,800. This tender opens doors for businesses specialising in healthcare consultancy and staffing optimisation, particularly those with expertise in evidence reviews and resource management for critical and community healthcare services. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as well as voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs), are encouraged to apply, given the programme's particular focus on diverse health service provision. Businesses involved can anticipate engaging in strategic roles with a significant emphasis on technical delivery, accounting for 70% of the award criteria, thus offering substantial opportunities for business growth through association with a central government entity like NHS England. ## Notice NHS England has been commissioned by the National Quality Board (NQB) to oversee the development of a contemporary suite of improvement resources for safer staffing. The programme will update the existing improvement resources and will write brand new safe staffing resources via working groups chaired by strategic influencers and attended by subject matter experts. There are five focuses for this Safe Staffing programme, and they will be split into Lots. Lot 1: The Children & Young People's Critical Care Services Lot 2: The Community & District Nursing Services Lot 3: Operating Theatres Lot 4: Children & Young People's Community Services Lot 5: Neonatal Services ### Lot Information The Children & Young People's Critical Care Services This evidence review will be to support safe staffing in Children and Young People's Critical Care Services in NHS hospitals. The scope includes both intensive and high dependency care delivered within discrete locations such as Intensive Care Units (ICU), High Dependency Units (HDU) or combined/co-located units. The guidance will focus on critical care service provision at Level 3, though Level 2 will be considered as appropriate. The Community & District Nursing Services This evidence review will be to support safe staffing in NHS community services and will consider clinical establishment setting, approval and deployment from the team leader of the community service to the board of directors. Community health teams support people with complex health and care needs to live independently for as long as possible. Services are delivered in people's homes, including care homes, but also in community hospitals, intermediate care facilities and clinics. Operating Theatres This evidence review will be to support safe staffing in Operating Theatres in NHS hospitals in England, including surgical perioperative and postoperative services. It will consider clinical establishment setting, approval and deployment from the multidisciplinary team across surgical and perioperative pathways. Children & Young People's Community Services This evidence review will be to support safe staffing in NHS children and young people's (CYP) community services and will consider clinical establishment setting, approval and deployment from the team leader of the community service to the board of directors. CYP Community health teams support young people with complex health and care needs to live independently for as long as possible. Scope includes services delivered in people's homes, in community hospitals, intermediate care facilities and clinics. Neonatal Services This evidence review will be to support safe staffing in NHS neonatal services over the whole pathway of care for newborn babies, ranging from intensive care through to community outreach. Scope includes wherever neonates may also be cared for - i.e. in infant and children's wards areas in specialist children's hospitals or district general hospitals. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080520-2025 | | Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Below threshold - open competition | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 8 Dec 2025 | | Submission deadline | 12 Jan 2026 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Feb 2026 - 31 May 2026 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £95,000 | | Lots value | £95,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS ENGLAND | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South East London | | Postcode | SE1 8UG | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI45 Lambeth | | Local authority | Lambeth | | Electoral ward | Waterloo & South Bank | | Westminster constituency | Vauxhall and Camberwell Green | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85100000 - Health services ## Release History - 8 Dec 2025 at 11:36 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080520-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080520-2025 8th December 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome - https://services.atamis.co.uk/docs/Supplier_User_Guide.pdf - https://www.england.nhs.uk/ - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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