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Published 12 Nov 2026, 14:56 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

ePortfolio (Supported) Route - HEIs and Professional Bodies

Official notice
Competition analysis

Authority: NHS England (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£9,342,221pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Feb 2027from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Reprocurement of the Centre of Advanced Practice for ePortfolio (Supported) Route to commission Higher Education Institutions and professional bodies to support experienced, registered healthcare professionals to evidence equivalence against the Multi-professional Framework for Advanced Practice in England. Providers will deliver learning needs analysis, targeted development, educational supervision, ePortfolio support, assessment and quality assurance leading to education provider sign off.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Reprocurement of the Centre of Advanced Practice for ePortfolio (Supported) Route to commission Higher Education Institutions and professional bodies to support experienced, registered healthcare professionals to evidence equivalence against the Multi-professional Framework for Advanced Practice in England. Providers will deliver learning needs analysis, targeted development, educational supervision, ePortfolio support, assessment and quality assurance leading to education provider sign off.

The commencement of procurement and award of any subsequent contract will be subject to budgetary approval.

CPV: Education and training services

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The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2029 (2 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensions
Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
80000000 Education and training services

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 Education and training services (CPV 80), 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: Education and training services (CPV 80) →

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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 · division 80
The marketEducation and training services (CPV 80) · Greater London (authority’s region)
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: 131 of 830 known-size awards · market: division 80 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=404
16%58%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning. Small firms win less of this buyer’s work than the market’s: 16% against 58%, n=830.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Greater London (authority’s region).

Buyer: 12 of 22 known-location awards · market: division 80 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=354
55%41%

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

How long to a decision?
i
Buyer: 24 decided notices · market: division 80 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=76
39 days40 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 39 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 706 of 784 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 80 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=518
90%58%

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 buyer58 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 80
21% had one bid
The market94 lots with bid counts · division 80 · Greater London (authority’s region)
12% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (58) / the market (94) · select a colour for counts
1 bid21% / 12%
Buyer: 12 of 58 lots with published bid counts. Market: 11 of 94 lots with published bid counts.
2–324% / 35%
Buyer: 14 of 58 lots with published bid counts. Market: 33 of 94 lots with published bid counts.
4–629% / 30%
Buyer: 17 of 58 lots with published bid counts. Market: 28 of 94 lots with published bid counts.
7+26% / 23%
Buyer: 15 of 58 lots with published bid counts. Market: 22 of 94 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyer43 lots with estimate and award · broad CPV 80
47% below estimate
The market74 lots with estimate and award · division 80 · Greater London (authority’s region)
42% below estimate
% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (43) / the market (74) · select a colour for counts
Below estimate47% / 42%
Buyer: 20 of 43 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 31 of 74 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%51% / 38%
Buyer: 22 of 43 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 28 of 74 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate2% / 20%
Buyer: 1 of 43 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 15 of 74 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 8024 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£9.3m

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 80. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
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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 94 past lots.

—No model forecast yet12% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 94 similar lots
1 bid12%
11 of 94 similar past lots received 1 bid (12%).
2–335%
33 of 94 similar past lots received 2–3 (35%).
4–630%
28 of 94 similar past lots received 4–6 (30%).
7+23%
22 of 94 similar past lots received 7+ (23%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £9.3m, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

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
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
12 Nov 2026, 14:56 GMT
Last source update
12 Nov 2026, 15:06 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-107640
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b9e5 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 published3 days ago
    11 Nov 2026, 15:50 GMT
  2. Today
    15 Nov 2026
  3. Market engagementin 11 days
    26 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT

    You are being invited to participate in the Request for Information process to help us with the procurement.

    Responses will inform the development of detailed procurement strategy ,specifications and help shape the future delivery model.

    Prospective bidders will not be disadvantaged by choosing not to respond to this RFI but it will be helpful to understand views at this early stage, so we encourage providers to respond as fully as possible.

    To express interest and respond to the request for information, please register and apply via the Atamis e-sourcing portal health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

    Please see below for direct links to the survey.

    Potential providers are invited to complete an online pre-market questionnaire at the below link:

    forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx ↗

    Completion of the questions in any other format will not be accepted.

    Engagement will close on 26th November at 12pm.

  4. Tender notice expectedin 78 days
    1 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 136 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Nov 2026
  1. Pipeline notice published
    11 Nov 2026, 15:50 GMT
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    12 Nov 2026, 14:56 GMT
    UK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    12 Nov 2026, 15:01 GMT
    UK2
  4. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    12 Nov 2026, 15:06 GMT
    UK2
Published amendments (2)

Updated details about submission of responses

updated link

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 email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure