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title: "Further Competition for Neighbourhood and Partnership Development Support Partner"
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# Further Competition for Neighbourhood and Partnership Development Support Partner

Buyer: NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0773b3

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## Summary

NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board commissioned a neighbourhood and partnership development support partner. The requirement is business and management consultancy, focused on supporting neighbourhood development and partnership working within the NHS and wider health, social care and community system. NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit managed the procurement on behalf of the commissioner. The work is associated with the Thames Valley area, with the buyer based in Oxford, and falls within the public-sector health and community services environment. It was procured as a further competition under the Government Commercial Agency’s Management Consultancy Framework 4, using the framework’s complex and transformation and health, social care and community areas. The selected supplier is a consultancy classified as an SME.

This procurement is complete and has been awarded to Moorhouse Consulting Limited following a limited further competition under the Management Consultancy Framework 4, without a separate open call. Three electronic bids were received. The evaluation gave quality 80% and price 20%. The procurement description states a total value of £498,420 including VAT for the contract’s life, while the signed contract value is £398,736 in GBP. The contract was signed on 1 September 2026 and runs for seven months, from 1 September 2026 to 31 March 2027. The process used the Light Touch Regime for non-healthcare services. The associated lot is marked cancelled, but the award and contract are recorded as active.

This award demonstrates demand from an NHS integrated care organisation for consultancy that can support neighbourhood development, partnership working and complex transformation across health, social care and community services. Competitors would need a credible track record of delivering comparable organisational or service transformation support for public-sector, health or community-system clients, together with the ability to work across multiple partners rather than for a single organisation. The strong weighting for quality indicates that demonstrable delivery approach, relevant expertise, understanding of integrated care and the ability to produce effective support would be central to competing successfully. Suppliers familiar with the Management Consultancy Framework 4 route, including its complex and transformation or health, social care and community scope, would be well placed when this type of requirement next returns.

## Notice

NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board (the Commissioner) was seeking to procure a Neighbourhood and Partnership Development Support Partner, in line with the specified requirements. This procurement was undertaken as a further competition against the Government Commercial Agency (GCA) RM6309 Management Consultancy Framework 4 (MCF4) - Lot 3: Complex and transformation and Lot 7: Health, social care and community. The highest scoring provider was Moorhouse Consulting Ltd. The contract period is 1st September 2026 to 31st March 2027 for 7 months. The total contract value for this procurement is PS 498,420 including VAT for the life of the contract. This procurement has been carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board (the Commissioner) was seeking to procure a Neighbourhood and Partnership Development Support Partner, in line with the specified requirements. This procurement was undertaken as a further competition against the Government Commercial Agency (GCA) RM6309 Management Consultancy Framework 4 (MCF4) - Lot 3: Complex and transformation and Lot 7: Health, social care and community. The highest scoring provider was Moorhouse Consulting Ltd. The contract period is 1st September 2026 to 31st March 2027 for 7 months. The total contract value for this procurement is PS 498,420 including VAT for the life of the contract. This procurement has been carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners. Additional information: The services are non-healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but are instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).

### Procurement Information

Further competition against the Government Commercial Agency (GCA) RM6309 Management Consultancy Framework 4 (MCF4) - Lot 3: Complex and transformation and Lot 7: Health, social care and community

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087887-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 16 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £398,736 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board |
| Locality | OXFORD |
| Postcode area | Not specified |
| Postcode | Not specified |
| Country | Not specified |
| ITL 1 | Not specified |
| ITL 2 | Not specified |
| ITL 3 | Not specified |
| Local authority | Not specified |
| Electoral ward | Not specified |
| Westminster constituency | Not specified |
| Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Moorhouse Consulting Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services

## Release History

- 16 Sep 2026 at 15:32 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087887-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://www.thamesvalley.icb.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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