Official UK procurement notice
Consultancy and Advisory Services
Authority: NHS Shared Business Services Limited (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis proposed Framework Agreement will aim to support Approved Organisations in the compliant and efficient procurement of a wide range of consultancy and advisory services in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.
This framework is intended to facilitate flexible access to experienced consultancy providers, supporting both strategic and operational needs within the NHS and the broader public sector. It allows Approved Organisations to procure advisory services that promote transformation, enhance efficiency, and deliver sustainable results through a transparent and efficient selection process.
The scope of the framework covers a broad spectrum of consultancy services, including strategic planning, organisational development, digital transformation, financial and procurement advisory, workforce planning, and sustainability initiatives. Providers will offer expertise to support integrated care models, service redesign, and innovation projects, ensuring alignment with national priorities and local objectives.
Services may involve short-term targeted or longer-term programs, delivered either on-site or remotely, with comprehensive support throughout planning, execution, and evaluation. Specialist consultancy services will also be available in areas such as governance, risk management, social value, and carbon reduction strategies, assisting organisations in meeting regulatory requirements and achieving net-zero commitments.
This framework aims to enable rapid access to qualified consultants capable of delivering tailored solutions, supporting change management, and strengthening organisational resilience, leading to improved operational outcomes.
CPV: Accounting, auditing and fiscal services · Administrative healthcare services · Administrative services for business operations · Business and management consultancy and related services · Corporate finance and venture capital services · E-learning services · Energy-efficiency consultancy services · Energy-management services · Environmental engineering consultancy services · Environmental services · Financial consultancy services · Health and social work services · +13 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 24 Feb 2028
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Consultancy and Advisory Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How NHS Shared Business Services Limited buys Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131), and who usually turns up
NHS Shared Business Services Limited’s UK market comparison describes the UK delivery area in the notice. The notice also lists non-UK areas, so the comparison may not describe the whole procedure. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in South East England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside South East England.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 151 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid1% / 6%
2–313% / 6%
4–67% / 11%
7+78% / 78%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 7131Published estimate£500m
The notice lists UK and non-UK delivery areas for this lot. The figures below use UK market history and may not describe competition across every area.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. Published delivery includes UK and non-UK areas, so the UK model may not describe every area. The bar shows 18 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid6%
2–36%
4–611%
7+78%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in 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
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Feb 2026, 15:54 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Feb 2026, 15:54 GMT
- Authority reference
SBS10537- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-012050- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064cfeFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
10 Feb 2026 → 24 Feb 2028 · 3 dates- Planning notice published253 days ago10 Feb 2026, 15:54 GMT
- Market engagement216 days ago18 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
NHS Shared Business Services Limited (NHS SBS) act in an Agency capacity for and on behalf of its customers (Approved Organisations) - existing and new. These comprise of NHS and Social Care organisations (whether acting individually, or on behalf of, or together as members of any consortia) along with any other public or private sector bodies which NHS SBS authorises to use the resulting Framework.
Our Approved Organisation list can be found on:
www.sbs.nhs.uk/services/framework-a… ↗
NHS SBS intends to put in place a Framework Agreement under the Procurement Act 2023 for the provision of Consultancy and Advisory Services to be used by Approved Organisations. This Preliminary Market Engagement Notice (PME) is to signal an intention to commence market engagement with those within the Consultancy and Advisory market.
Potential Bidders wishing to be considered for this agreement should express their interest by reading the PME introduction document and completing and submitting the Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire on SAP Ariba before midday (GMT) 12 noon on Wednesday 18th March 2026 , further information regarding the proposed framework can be found via the following link.
portal.us.bn.cloud.ariba.com/dashboard/public/app… ↗
To access all information in relation to this opportunity, please click the 'Respond to Posting' button on this Discovery Posting.
Potential bidders will then be asked to either login or register for an Ariba Network account.
If you are creating a new account, due to a recently identified SAP Ariba technical issue, please follow the guidance attached to the notice, "NHS SBS Bidder Guide_creating an new account and selecting USA data centre."
Please note that selecting the "USA:Quincy. WA" Data Centre Option is a required workaround.
If you have an existing SAP Ariba supplier account that was created on after 16th January 2026, please follow the guidance attached to the notice, "NHS SBS Bidder Guidance_Access an event_Account already created post 16_01_26."
If you have an existing SAP Ariba supplier account that was created before 16th January 2026, there are no reported technical issues and you will be taken directly to the event after entering your credentials.
Potential bidders will then be given access to the opportunity and can begin to register their interest and raise clarification questions.
The aim of this questionnaire is to notify and consult the market of our plans and to gauge interest in this opportunity from potential suppliers.
We are committed to working with suppliers who are dedicated to Sustainability and Social Value and there will be a significant weighting on these elements in the tender.
NHS SBS will use an eSourcing system for any procurement activity taken subsequent to this notice. The eSourcing system we will use is SAP Ariba. (Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a Framework if invited to do so.)
NHS SBS reserves the right to withdraw this notice at any time. NHS SBS is not bound to accept any proposals submitted by Bidders and is not liable for any costs incurred as a result of Bidders engaging with this process. This early market engagement exercise does not guarantee that a Procurement will take place and NHS SBS reserves the right to defer from any Procurement entirely.
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Contract starts24 Feb 2028
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Feb 2026, 15:54 GMTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender