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# 250076 Contract for the Provision of a Development Programme to Support Foundation Trainee Pharmacists to Prepare for the Common Registration Assessment

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/250076-contract-for-the-provision-of-a-development-programme-to-support-foundation-trainee-ocds-h6vhtk-05d4ff). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Queen's University Belfast: "250076 Contract for the Provision of a Development Programme to Support Foundation Trainee Pharmacists to Prepare for the Common Registration Assessment". Published status: complete. Published Value: £353,675. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 25 Nov 2025, 16:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Queen's University Belfast](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/queen-s-university-belfast-GB-NIC-101788)
- **Published Value:** £353,675 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 25 November 2025 at 16:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Pharmacy services, Training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKN06
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/250076-contract-for-the-provision-of-a-development-programme-to-support-foundation-trainee-ocds-h6vhtk-05d4ff#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05d4ff`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/250076-contract-for-the-provision-of-a-development-programme-to-support-foundation-trainee-ocds-h6vhtk-05d4ff#tl-md)

## Submission
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## Description
The Northern Ireland Centre for Pharmacy Learning and Development (NICPLD), one of the national pharmacy postgraduate centres, was established in 1990 and has been based in the School of Pharmacy (Queen’s University Belfast) since 1996. Funded by the Department of Health under the Health and Personal Social Services (HPSS) (1972) Order, its remit is to support the development of the (Health and Social Care) pharmacy workforce in Northern Ireland through its education and training programme, which includes:
·	direct, distance and eLearning courses
·	foundation training year
·	postgraduate course funding
·	post-registration foundation training
·	non-medical prescribing training
·	advanced practice training
·	post-qualification training for pharmacy technicians.
NICPLD also provides an effective multi­-professional education programme of workshops and eLearning, in addition to promoting and participating in research and development.
The Standards for the initial education and training (IET) of pharmacists (GPhC, 2021) support the aim of the Department of Health to improve and promote the health and social wellbeing of the people of Northern Ireland. This will be achieved by establishing programmes to develop the Northern Ireland (NI) pharmacy workforce for an enhanced and more effective clinical role in response to changing population demographics and patient need. To achieve this goal, there will be a need for closer integration of academic study with enhanced learning in practice.
The NICPLD Foundation Training Year (FTY) programme encompasses the following elements:
·	52 week in-practice training
·	evidencing of learning outcomes via the completion of mandatory practice activities, recording evidence and uploading this to an ePortfolio
·	periodic appraisal by an educational supervisor to ensure trainee progress
·	structured education and training programme to support trainee pharmacists as they work towards being independent practitioners and sitting the Common Registration Assessment (CRA).
NICPLD is responsible for the delivery of all elements of this programme but will require support from the Economic Operator in delivering the structured education and training programme to support trainee pharmacists as they prepare to sit the CRA in Summer 2027.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80500000, 85149000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £353,675

- **Contract Period:** 30/04/2026 to 30/04/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (cancelled)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

  - Date: 09/12/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F068865-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-12-09T09:08:41.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T12:57:00.883Z
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