Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 11 Nov 2026, 19:44 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

C488900 RFI NHS England NMPP External Consultation & IA Support

Authority: NHS England (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 31 Mar 2027from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 6 moends 30 Sept 2027 · up to 31 Dec 2027 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

An RFI to assess market appetite, capacity and capability to provide support to the NMPP on a potential Public Consultation and support Impact Assessment. Please note there is no fee for registering on Atamis.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

An RFI to assess market appetite, capacity and capability to provide support to the NMPP on a potential Public Consultation and support Impact Assessment.

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CPV: Economic impact assessment · Market and economic research; polling and statistics · Social research services

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The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 6 moSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 30 Sept 2027 (6 mo) · up to 31 Dec 2027 with extensions
Delivery: North East, North West, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South WestEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How NHS England buys Market research services (CPV 7931), and who usually turns up

NHS England’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Market research services (CPV 7931) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerNHS England · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 673 of 2,251 known-size awards · market: CPV 7931 · UK-wide, n=466
30%62%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

Buyer: 576 of 700 known-location awards · market: CPV 7931 · UK-wide, n=265
82%33%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i
Buyer: 43 decided notices · market: CPV 7931 · UK-wide, n=76
27 days32 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 27 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 1,072 of 1,337 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 7931 · UK-wide, n=582
80%42%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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This buyer255 lots with bid counts · all categories
24% had one bid
The market148 lots with bid counts · CPV 7931 · UK-wide
15% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (255) / the market (148) · select a colour for counts
1 bid24% / 15%
Buyer: 62 of 255 lots with published bid counts. Market: 22 of 148 lots with published bid counts.
2–337% / 25%
Buyer: 94 of 255 lots with published bid counts. Market: 37 of 148 lots with published bid counts.
4–618% / 22%
Buyer: 47 of 255 lots with published bid counts. Market: 32 of 148 lots with published bid counts.
7+20% / 39%
Buyer: 52 of 255 lots with published bid counts. Market: 57 of 148 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyer175 lots with estimate and award · all categories
39% below estimate
The market166 lots with estimate and award · CPV 7931 · UK-wide
48% below estimate
% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (175) / the market (166) · select a colour for counts
Below estimate39% / 48%
Buyer: 69 of 175 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 80 of 166 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%53% / 42%
Buyer: 93 of 175 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 70 of 166 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate7% / 10%
Buyer: 13 of 175 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 16 of 166 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 796 monthsSME suitableEstimate not published

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 79. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
i

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 1,836 past lots.

—No model forecast yet15% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 1,836 similar lots
1 bid15%
271 of 1,836 similar past lots received 1 bid (15%).
2–324%
448 of 1,836 similar past lots received 2–3 (24%).
4–628%
514 of 1,836 similar past lots received 4–6 (28%).
7+33%
603 of 1,836 similar past lots received 7+ (33%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
11 Nov 2026, 19:44 GMT
Last source update
11 Nov 2026, 19:44 GMT
Authority reference
C488900
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-107336
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Economic impact assessmentMarket and economic research; polling and statisticsSocial research services
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07ba16 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

11 Nov 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published37h ago
    11 Nov 2026, 19:44 GMT
  2. Today
    13 Nov 2026
  3. Market engagementin 19 days
    2 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT

    An RFI to assess market appetite, capacity and capability to provide support to the NHS England NMPP on a potential Public Consultation and support Impact Assessment.

  4. Tender notice expectedin 138 days
    31 Mar 2027, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract startsin 138 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    11 Nov 2026, 19:44 GMT
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS England

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDPT-3135-BWWY Wellington House, 133-135 Waterloo Rd, London, London, SE1 8UGContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure