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The Department of Health and Social Care, working jointly with the Greener NHS team in NHS England, is seeking to appoint a supplier to provide research, analysis, piloting, implementation evaluation and programme support for the Design for Life National Reuse and Reduce MedTech Products Programme. The programme supports the Government’s ambition to deliver a circular economy for MedTech products by 2045. The supplier will support selected circular MedTech product initiatives and associated interventions as they move through investigation, piloting, implementation and, where appropriate, wider national rollout. Scope of the requirement 1. recruit, mobilise, brief and support a minimum of 20 NHS Trusts to participate in pilot and implementation activity for priority circular MedTech products, with the ability to accommodate a higher number where required and agreed with the Authority; 2. provide participating organisations with support throughout the development, running and monitoring of pilots, investigations or implementation activity, including conducting quality improvement assessments and capturing relevant data; 3. undertake quality, equality, patient impact, benefits, sustainability, social value and health economic assessments using appropriate recognised methodologies; 4. carry out behavioural insight and adoption assessment work, including identifying barriers and enablers across clinical, estates, commercial, infection prevention and control, and leadership teams; and 5. develop adoption metrics, evidence reports, evaluations and lessons learned, implementation guidance, toolkits, options appraisals and recommendations to inform future campaigns and potential national rollout. The initial requirement comprises two projects: pilot and implementation evaluation support for selected priority products, and investigation and evidence development for two future priority product areas selected from the areas set out in the specification and agreed with the Authority. The initial products are expected to include tourniquets, blood pressure cuffs, theatre caps, sharps bins, non-sterile gloves, couch roll and pulp products. DHSC is particularly interested in suppliers, including consortia or subcontracting arrangements where appropriate, with multidisciplinary capability across: • NHS stakeholder engagement and pilot support; • sustainability and circular economy; • MedTech / innovative practice adoption; • quality improvement and benefits assessment; • behavioural insight and implementation barriers; • health economics; • data collection, evidence analysis and reporting; • IPC and patient safety input; • development of guidance, toolkits and recommendations. Estimated contract value The estimated maximum contract value is £463,520 excluding VAT (£556,224 including VAT). This comprises £213,520 excluding VAT for the initial two projects and up to £250,000 excluding VAT for additional in-scope activity.
UKC, GB · UKD, GB · UKF, GB · UKG, GB · UKH, GB · UKJ, GB · UKK, GB
No lot description published.
Award criteria
Expertise, capability and proposed team
Delivery methodology
Programme management, mobilisation, governance and risks
Reporting
Social value
| Item | Category | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Research and development services and related consultancy services, Evaluation consultancy services, Research consultancy services, Safety consultancy services, Business and management consultancy services, Environmental issues consultancy services | Not published |
Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 73. The category anchor is Research and development services and related consultancy services (73000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.
| Comparison set | Procedures | Reported bids per procedure | Named award suppliers | Price evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market: CPV division 73 | 3,022 | 3 median · 26.8 average (1,084 of 3,022 with a bid count) | 2.5 average (1,224 of 3,022 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Same buyer | 13 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Delivery region: UKC | 77 | 2 median · 15.2 average (26 of 77 with a bid count) | 1.8 average (35 of 77 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Similar published value (0.5×–2×) | 244 | 7 median · 5.7 average (3 of 244 with a bid count) | 1 average (3 of 244 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.
Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.
No planning milestones published.
No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.
Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.
| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-06cd08 |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 079592-2026 |
| Latest release timestamp | Thu Aug 20 2026 14:48:19 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079592-2026 |
| Tender status | active |
| Procurement method | open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Main procurement category | services |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| Legal basis | 2023/54 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | 2026-09-02T12:00:00+01:00 |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | 2026-08-14T17:00:00+01:00 |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | 2026-09-10T23:59:59+01:00 |
| Submission method details | Atamis is the website used for the submission of tenders. Select this link to access and register your organisation on the Atamis system https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome, if you have not already done so. To find this opportunity in the eTendering system, select “Find Opportunities” and search by project number C459541 or by title. Once you have found the opportunity, select the “Register Interest” button to register your interest. This will make the project appear under “My proposals and quotes”. From there, you can review the tender documents, send clarification messages, submit your response, or decline to respond if you decide not to participate in the opportunity. For full details of the instructions to tender and terms of participation, please refer to the Invitation to Tender document. |
| Submission languages | en |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | £463,520 |
| Tender lots in source | 1 |
| Tender items in source | 1 |
| Tender documents in source | 2 |
| Awards in latest release | 0 |
| Contracts in latest release | 0 |
| Parties in latest release | 1 |
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Aug 2026 | tenderUpdate | 079592-2026 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | tender | 074491-2026 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | planning | 067322-2026 |
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