--- title: "Maternal, Newborn and Infant Clinical Outcome Review Programme / Perinatal Mortality Review Tool" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-069bc0" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-069bc0" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-069bc0.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-069bc0.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP" published: "2026-05-19" --- # Maternal, Newborn and Infant Clinical Outcome Review Programme / Perinatal Mortality Review Tool Buyer: HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-069bc0 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-069bc0) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-069bc0.json) ## Summary The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), located in London, is currently in the planning stage of a procurement process for the recommissioning of the "Maternal, Newborn and Infant Clinical Outcome Review Programme / Perinatal Mortality Review Tool." This initiative falls under the health services category and entails an open tender process. Key dates include a pre-market engagement session on 1 July 2026 and the expected publication of the tender opportunity in November 2026. The evaluation is slated for December 2026 to January 2027, with the award announcement in April 2027 and the contract commencing on 1 October 2027. The project has a total maximum budget of £5,364,748.80, including VAT, for a contract period of three years with a renewal option of up to two years. This procurement represents a substantial opportunity for businesses specialising in health services, particularly those capable of delivering national-scale programmes focused on maternal and infant health. Companies with robust methodological expertise, stakeholder engagement capabilities, and experience in translating research into actionable strategies will benefit from this tender. The programme's focus on improving healthcare quality and safety, reducing inequalities, and achieving national learning outcomes makes it well-suited for organisations that value innovation and have a track record in similar large-scale public health initiatives. Potential suppliers will participate in a collaborative effort to enhance maternity and neonatal care across the UK, which could generate further business opportunities and bolster their reputation in the healthcare industry. ## Notice the Maternal Newborn and Infant Clinical Outcome Review Programme (MNI Corp) and the Perinatal Mortality Review Tool (PMRT) are going to be amalgamated into one contract. Currently MNI Corp is delivered for publicly-funded care in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man, and PMRT is delivered for NHS-funded care in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland. Due to the amalgamation of the projects the name of the project may change from premarket engagement to the tender going live. The initial contract is anticipated to be for a period of 3 years, at a maximum total budget of up to PS4,470,624 excl VAT and 5,364,748.80 with VAT. Bids exceeding this limit will be rejected. Due to the unknowns in advance of holding the premarket engagement session, it is currently expected that the extension value will be a 2 year pro rata of the core 3 year funding, estimated at PS2,982,416 excluding VAT. There is potential to include other Devolved Nations and/or Crown Dependencies, and aspirational measures (which will be defined in the service specification). In the UK, maternity care is generally safe and the vast majority of women and babies experience positive outcomes. However, when things go wrong, the impact can be devastating, and the death of a mother or baby during pregnancy, birth or the postnatal period is a life-changing event for families. Around 200 women a year will die during pregnancy or in the year following pregnancy from causes related to or aggravated by pregnancy. Although maternal mortality in the UK remains relatively low, the maternal mortality rate in the UK exceeds that of many European counterparts. Significant inequalities also persist, with maternal mortality rates remaining disproportionately higher among some ethnic minority groups and women living in areas of greater deprivation. In relation to perinatal mortality (stillbirths and neonatal deaths) thousands of families across the UK are affected each year. While rates of perinatal mortality have reduced over time, significant inequalities in outcomes remain, with babies born to women and families experiencing health inequalities continuing to face higher risks of adverse outcomes. This suggests there remains considerable opportunity for improvement. The UK is one of only a small number of countries with an established national system for reviewing maternal and perinatal deaths. Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths have been undertaken since the 1950s, with the programme expanding in the 1990s to include perinatal mortality. The overarching aim of the programme is to support safe, equitable, high-quality and patient-centred maternal, newborn and infant care. The programme undertakes national surveillance of maternal and perinatal deaths across the UK and conducts confidential enquiries to identify opportunities to improve care and reduce preventable deaths and serious complications. Findings from the programme, including evidence relating to socioeconomic and ethnic inequalities, provide critical intelligence to support national policy, quality improvement and the monitoring of government ambitions and targets relating to maternity and neonatal outcomes. The overarching aim of the programme is to support improvements in the quality and safety of maternity and neonatal care by enabling clinicians, managers, commissioners and policy makers to learn systematically from maternal and perinatal deaths and serious adverse outcomes. A core focus of the programme is to support reductions in inequalities and disparities in outcomes relating to ethnicity, deprivation and other characteristics. The scope of the programme is also expected to include the ongoing delivery and development of the Perinatal Mortality Review Tool (PMRT), a national standardised review tool designed to support high-quality perinatal mortality reviews across NHS maternity and neonatal services in the UK. The PMRT supports structured local review, national learning and parental engagement following stillbirths and neonatal deaths and is intended to align with and complement the wider maternal and perinatal surveillance and confidential enquiry functions of the programme. The successful provider will be expected to deliver the programme in collaboration with commissioners, funders, clinicians, women and families, professional bodies and wider stakeholders. The provider will be expected to demonstrate robust methodological and analytical expertise, effective stakeholder engagement and the ability to translate findings into national learning and improvement activity that supports safer, more equitable maternity and neonatal care. ### Planning Information Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) is seeking to engage with the market on the recommissioning of the Maternal, Newborn and Infant Clinical Outcome Review Programme / Perinatal Mortality Review Tool. The Authority is looking to build on the successes of the existing services currently contracted with the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford. Further details of the current programme can be found at https://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/mbrrace-uk and https://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/mbrrace-uk/pmrt. HQIP will be looking to hold a pre-market engagement session with potential suppliers on Wednesday 1st July 2026 from 13.00hrs to 15.00hrs Also in attendance will be system partners and service specialists including charities. 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 programme during this next contract period, and the anticipated outcomes over the 3-5 years of the programme. The existing specifications are available for review by any interested parties and whilst it will provide information on how the current programme was scoped, it is important to understand that the recommissioning of this programme may amend the requirements. 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: 1st July 2026 - Pre Market Engagement Session Publication of tender opportunity – November 2026 Evaluation of submitted bids – December 2026 - January 2027 Award – April 2027 Contract start - 1st October 2027 If you would like to join this premarket engagement event, please complete the following Microsoft form: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/MP3HhZ0C91 by close of business Wednesday 17th June 2026. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045688-2026 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 19 May 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 4 Nov 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 30 Sep 2027 - 30 Sep 2030 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £4,470,624 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP | | 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 | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85100000 - Health services ## Release History - 19 May 2026 at 10:50 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045688-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045688-2026 19th May 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/MP3HhZ0C91 - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents - https://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/mbrrace-uk - https://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/mbrrace-uk/pmrt ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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