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title: "National Neonatal Audit Programme"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0606bc"
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# National Neonatal Audit Programme

Buyer: HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP LTD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0606bc

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## Summary

The procurement for the "National Neonatal Audit Programme" was undertaken by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership Ltd, a public authority based in London. The audit aims to provide high-quality information to improve healthcare delivery and outcomes across NHS-funded services in the UK, including England, Wales, Scotland, and the Isle of Man. The procurement process has reached the award stage as of 14 May 2026, with a contract slated to commence on 1 April 2027, running for three years with an option for a two-year extension. The contract has a maximum budget of £1,233,000 GBP including VAT, and was executed through an open procedure method. The successful bidder is the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, positioned to deliver this comprehensive audit programme.

This contract represents a robust opportunity for businesses specialising in healthcare quality improvement and audit processes, particularly those capable of developing and managing high-quality data-driven solutions. SMEs with expertise in healthcare analytics, programme management, and clinical audit design will find this a potentially lucrative engagement, offering the opportunity to influence national health standards. The programme not only involves delivering real-time metrics but also engaging with stakeholders to foster improvements in neonatal care. Businesses focusing on IT solutions for healthcare data visualisation and integration could also see significant growth potential by supporting the audit's objectives through innovative and secure data solutions.

## Notice

The contract will initially be delivered for NHS-funded care in England, Wales, Scotland and the Isle of Man for a period of 3 years, at a maximum total budget of up to PS1,233,000 GBP including VAT, PS1,027,500 GBP excluding VAT. Bids exceeding this limit will be rejected. There is potential to extend the contract for up to two additional years. All pricing submissions must be in regard to this 'core' value, and not inclusive of any extension costs or aspirational intent costs, i.e. Please only submit a cost schedule up to the maximum core value of PS1,233,000 GBP including VAT, PS1,027,500 GBP excluding VAT. The maximum budget 'core' value is PS1,233,000 GBP including VAT, PS1,027,500 GBP excluding VAT excludes the potential two year extension and aspirational intent as described in section 14 of Annex A - Service Specification. Please note, there is no commitment by the Authority at this stage to include any aspirational intent measures. Taking the total of this aspirational intent into account, as well as the possibility that a contract extension may be offered for an additional two years, the potential ceiling value is PS8,069,908 GBP including VAT. 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 available 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 who are engaging with and using the audit results are also in a position to improve the system, and where there is a shared understanding of what good care looks like. National clinical audits are expected to: a.Develop a robust, high-quality audit designed around key quality metrics likely to best support local and national healthcare quality improvement b.Detect, describe and help reduce unwarranted clinical variation by systematically benchmarking performance, identifying outliers, and supporting services to understand variation in outcomes, processes and experience c.Achieve, articulate and maintain close alignment with relevant NICE national guidance and quality standards throughout the audit, as appropriate d.Enable healthcare quality improvement through the provision of timely, high-quality data that compares providers of healthcare, and comprises an integrated mixture of named Trust or Health board, Integrated Care System (ICS), commissioner, multidisciplinary team (MDT), possibly consultant or clinical team level and other levels of reporting e.Engage patients, carers and the public in a meaningful way, achieving a strong patient voice which informs and contributes to the design, functioning, outputs and direction of the audit f.Consider the value and feasibility of linking data 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 g.Ensure robust methodological and statistical input at all stages of the audit h.Identify from the outset the full range of audiences for the reports and other audit outputs, and plan and tailor them accordingly i.Provide audit results in a timely, accessible and meaningful manner to support healthcare quality improvement, minimising the reporting delay and providing continual access to each unit for their own data j.Utilise strong and effective project and programme management to deliver audit outputs on time and within budget k.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 The anticipated outputs are: 1.Near real-time dynamic and interactive metric results 2.Publication of an annual state of the nation report 3.Quality improvement resources 4.The identification and notification of outliers Additional desirable features are set out below; however, the supplier will work with stakeholders to identify the functionalities important to them: *Presenting data via a range of graphic and tabular methods *Allowing users to define their own views (in addition to any pre-defined filters) *Functionality that compares a selected healthcare provider against other relevant comparators, and against averages for their nation, and allows the user to set their own healthcare provider comparators *Functionality for users to download the aggregate data being presented in each view, and the full set of graphs and visualisations for a chosen healthcare provider *Planning this secure, non-disclosive public data visualisation system alongside any provision of login-protected local visualisation for data to support direct care and / or local quality improvement *Presenting data on outlier status, particularly over time Further details of the current audit can be found at - https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/work-we-do/clinical-audits/nnap To respond to this opportunity, please visit https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/65789NT583

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044546-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 May 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 23 Feb 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 12 May 2026 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2027 - 31 Mar 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £8,069,908 |
| Lots value | £8,069,908 |
| Awards value | £1,027,500 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP LTD |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | Central London |
| Postcode | EC1V 2NX |
| 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 | 1 |
| Supplier names | ROYAL COLLEGE OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 14 May 2026 at 15:19 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044546-2026
- 20 Jan 2026 at 10:05 - TenderUpdate - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004645-2026
- 15 Jan 2026 at 14:05 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003520-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044546-2026
  14th May 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004645-2026
  20th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003520-2026
  15th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-10374
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-10375
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-10542
  This revised specification removes the indicative transition dates for the transition tasks previous published under section 14.2 of the specification. Any transition tasks detailed in section 14.2 of this revised specification should be included within the tendered proposal and cost envelope.

## Notice URLs

- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/65789NT583
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/work-we-do/clinical-audits/nnap

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