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Market Engagement - National Lead Employer Model

Administrative educational services
Education and training services
Management-related services
UK
Published value
£643,000,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: NHS England: "Market Engagement - National Lead Employer Model". Published status: planning. Published value: £643,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNHS EnglandScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£643,000,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: NHS England
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for NHS England. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
22.8Bids / Report
7.7% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
Anna FreudTop vendor: 29.6% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 859 active published awards; 13 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Anna Freud1 win£5,862,540
Anglia Ruskin University1 win£4,809,159
NHS Shared Business Services Limited1 win£4,393,727
Pearson Professional Assessments Limited1 win£4,374,320
Timewise Foundation CIC1 win£166,667
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNHS England
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published10 Dec 2025, 10:56 GMT
Last source update10 Dec 2025, 10:56 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationAdministrative educational services, Education and training services, Management-related services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05e5e1
What is being bought
This Market Engagement seeks to identify potential suppliers capable of supporting the expansion of the Lead Employer model for resident doctors and dentists in training across England. This RFI is part of a collaborative procurement process aimed at identifying suppliers who can support NHS organisations in delivering Lead Employer services at scale. Responses will inform the development of detailed procurement specifications and help shape the future delivery model for postgraduate medical and dental training employment services across England. To express interest and respond to the request for information, please register and apply via the Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    10 Dec 2025, 10:56 GMT
  2. Published value updated to £643,000,000
    20 Nov 2025, 16:54 GMT
  3. Status changed to planning
    20 Nov 2025, 16:54 GMT
  4. Official notice release published
    20 Nov 2025, 16:54 GMT
  5. Buyer information updated
    20 Nov 2025, 16:54 GMT
  6. Published tender amendment
    Not published
    Extending the closing date for responses.
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    10 Dec 2025, 10:56 GMT
  2. Procedure published
    10 Dec 2025, 10:56 GMT
  3. engagement
    19 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT · scheduled
    Closing deadline for submission of interest 17:00 19th December 2025. NHS England reserves the right to amend the timeline without prior notice. To express interest and respond to the request for information, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

NHS England

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PDPT-3135-BWWY
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Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published