AwardedFind a Tender · award

Access to medicine and the professions 2026/27

BuyerNHS England

StatusAwarded

DeadlineNot published

ValueValue not published

Published19 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Supporting young people from lower socio economic backgrounds to prepare for and apply for medical, dental schools and other health related under grad degree programmes of study, over one academic year. Start: 01/09/2026 End: 31/08/2027 Awarded under the Light Touch Regime - CPV Code 80000000 - Education and training services sub-threshold.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published

Dynamic purchasing systemNot published

Competitive procurementNot published

Recurring requirementNot published

Procurement method rationaleNot published

Rationale classificationsNot published

Special regimelightTouch

Covered byNot published

Submission policyNot published

Selection criteriaNot published

Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published

No-engagement rationaleNot published

Planning documents0

Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

1

Statusactive

SupplierThe Sutton Trust

Contracts

Access to medicine and the professions 2026/27

Statusactive

Value£287,500

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

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Latest release ID	079044-2026
Latest release timestamp	Wed Aug 19 2026 13:18:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	complete
Procurement method	direct
Procurement method details	Below threshold - without competition
Main procurement category	Not published
Above threshold	Not published
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	Not published
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	Not published
Submission method details	Not published
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	Not published
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	0
Tender documents in source	0
Awards in latest release	1
Contracts in latest release	1
Parties in latest release	2

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
19 Aug 2026	award, contract	079044-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)

19 Aug 2026 · 079044-2026 · award, contract

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