Official UK procurement notice
Frontline Digitisation - Support Offer, Tiger Teams
Authority: NHS England (Central government)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Frontline Digitisation (FD) programme is working with provider organisations to support them in reaching a minimum level of digital capability (as defined by the Digital Capabilities Framework) and to have an electronic patient record (EPR) in place by the end of March 2026. For the purposes of this service, provider organisations are defined as NHS secondary care Trusts providing acute, specialist, community, mental health, and ambulance services.<br/><br/>To fulfil this ambition, the FD Programme have appointed a partner to create an experienced, multi-skilled, rapid response intervention service also known as a Tiger Teams service, capable of supporting EPR Delivery across England.<br/><br/>This service will be an expansion to an existing comprehensive support offer available to providers, designed to support the national demand for resource, expertise, and information necessary to successfully rollout EPRs.
CPV: Administrative healthcare services · Technical analysis or consultancy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers · 4 bids received (4.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)
- Framework period
- 1 yr 11 mo from 9 May 2025
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Update 09.09.2026 - Contract Value increased by an additional £6.4m in line with…AwardedRenewalPublished value£13,333,333
Update 09.09.2026 - Contract Value increased by an additional £6.4m in line with Regulation 72.1.b of PCR2015.
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality Technical Questions: 65%
- price: 25%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality Technical Questions: 65
- Social Value: 10
- Price: 25
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Frontline Digitisation - Support Offer, Tiger Teams” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 19 Jan 2024, 13:52 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Sept 2026, 11:28 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 20 Nov 2024 – …
- Authority reference
C350329- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-085305- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042e86Find a Tender
Publisher note: Update 09.09.2026 - Contract Value increased by an additional £6.4m in line with Regulation 72.1.b of PCR2015.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 20 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 20 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
18 Mar 2024 → 9 Sept 2026 · 6 dates- Next notice expected18 Mar 2024
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown20 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened20 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts9 May 2025, 00:00 BST
- Bids must remain valid until19 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published42 days ago9 Sept 2026, 11:28 BST
Notice history
7 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Oct 2024- Status changed to active24 Oct 2024, 11:15 BST
- Procurement method changed24 Oct 2024, 11:15 BST
- Deadline published: 20 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT24 Oct 2024, 11:15 BST
- Buyer details updated24 Oct 2024, 11:15 BST
- Status changed to complete12 May 2025, 13:32 BST
- Buyer details updated12 May 2025, 13:32 BST
- Buyer details updated9 Sept 2026, 11:28 BST
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2024-10: 1 release · 24 Oct 2024
- 2024-01: 1 release · 19 Jan 2024
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £19,733,335, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Contract 020467-2025-1
- Signed
- 9 May 2025
- Value
- £13,333,334
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
Contract 085304-2026-1-1
- Signed
- 9 May 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- 9 May 2025 – 31 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
- Change Update 09.09.2026 - Contract Value increased by an additional £6.4m in line with Regulation 72.1.b of PCR2015., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: Additional services of the same nature required, due to higher than expected demand.
Contract 085305-2026-1-1
- Signed
- 9 May 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- 9 May 2025 – 31 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
- Change Update 09.09.2026 - Contract Value increased by an additional £6.4m in line with Regulation 72.1.b of PCR2015., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: Additional services of the same nature required, due to higher than expected demand.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- KPMG LLPFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.