Official UK procurement notice
ESR Transformation Programme Financial Advisors
Authority: NHS Business Services Authority (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFinancial Advisors to support the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Transformation Programme procurement and associated financial activity.
CPV: Business and management consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The provider will work with, and as part of, the Transformation Programme Team establishedAwarded
The provider will work with, and as part of, the Transformation Programme Team established<br/>by the NHSBSA charged with the delivery of the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Transformation Programme procurement.<br/>The overarching requirement and objectives are to provide financial assurance and advice to<br/>ensure that there are compliant and appropriate services contracts for the ESR procurement<br/>and the future transformed service. Key outputs are:<br/>
- Advise and support the ESR Transformation Programme Team in the development and build<br/>of financial model(s) capable of supporting the ESR service, including legacy and<br/>transformation.<br/>
- Provide advice and quality assurance of content in the financially related contract<br/>documents and schedules.<br/>
- Advise and support all stages of the procurement process including but not limited to:<br/>
- Pre-procurement planning and documentation development;<br/>
- Evaluation of bidder's submissions including pricing models;<br/>
- Negotiation stages up to Contract Award.<br/>
- Advise and assurance against Final Business Case.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 May 2024, 10:45 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Jul 2025, 12:56 BST
- Authority reference
23_02_01- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-037427- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-045668Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
Due to a commercial issue that arose at the Selection Questionnaire stage of the ESR Transformation Programme procurement (which concluded at the end of January 2023) and following legal advice, this contract will be direct award using the urgency provision of the Public Contract Regulation 2015. Regulation 32 allows for award without prior publication in where “for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority, the time limits for the open or restricted procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be complied with”.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
14 Feb 2023 → 4 Jul 2025 · 2 dates- Contract starts14 Feb 2023
- Notice published4 Jul 2025, 12:56 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Thornton UK LLP | £1,550,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Grant Thornton UK LLP | £1,938,520 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Grant Thornton UK LLP | £3,537,280 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 037427-2025-23_02_01-1 · Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Signed
- 20 Sept 2024
- Value
- £3,537,280
- Period
- 13 Feb 2023 – 19 Dec 2025
- Status
- active
- Change Variation to duration and financial value to accommodate additional professional services days., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Due to the volume and complexity of work which was undertaken by the supplier there is a necessity to extend the value of the contract. In addition there has been a significant amount of requirements which were unanticipated when the contract was let. Resources were also required to cover short term absence of a key lead, without which programme delays would have occurred.
Contract 014007-2024-1 · Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Signed
- 13 Feb 2023
- Value
- £1,550,000
- Period
- … – 19 Dec 2025
- Status
- active
Contract 014020-2024-23_02_01-1 · Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Signed
- 13 Feb 2023
- Value
- £1,938,520
- Period
- 14 Feb 2023 – 31 Mar 2025
- Status
- active
- Change Financial variation to accommodate additional professional services days., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Due to the volume and complexity of work which was undertaken by the supplier there is a necessity to increase the value of the contract.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Grant Thornton UK LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.