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Market engagement- Refugee Healthcare Professional training & reaccreditation 26

Buyer: NHS England →

BuyerNHS England
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£28,000,000
Published18 Feb 2026

What is being bought

Market engagement event to be held on 26th February at 12.30 via Teams to share details regarding NHS England's intention to conduct a competitive procurement process to appoint one or more providers to deliver structured training programmes for refugees resident in England with medical backgrounds in their countries of origin. The aim is to support participants to meet NHS standards and regulatory requirements and secure employment within the NHS workforce. Please register your interest via the Atamis portal by no later than 11.30am on 26th February. Further details of how to access the session will be shared prior to the event. Link to the Atamis Portal: https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Education and training services 80000000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2027 to 31 Mar 2031
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Education and training servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 80. The category anchor is Education and training services (80000000); 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 setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 803,0293 median · 40.9 average (1,084 of 3,029 with a bid count)3.7 average (1,197 of 3,029 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Same buyer83Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK9201 median · 36.5 average (388 of 920 with a bid count)2.6 average (436 of 920 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)10115.5 median · 15.5 average (2 of 101 with a bid count)5.5 average (2 of 101 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.

Price-outcome signal

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.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
This is a market engagement event.engagement12 Mar 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06548a
Latest release ID014929-2026
Latest release timestampWed Feb 18 2026 16:03:10 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£28,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
18 Feb 2026planningUpdate014929-2026
16 Feb 2026planning013703-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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