This notice announces an administrative change to an existing contract or market (a contract change notice). No new tender or admission is opened here; see the linked notices below for the original opportunity.
Official UK procurement notice
MNSI Communication and Engagement Support
Authority: Care Quality Commission (Central government)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£259,159published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 13 Aug 2025
Awarded to Blue Lozenge Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a Contract details notice.
Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigations (MNSI) Communication and Engagement Support services.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - limited competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Administrative change
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Sept 2025, 09:43 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Jun 2026, 15:34 BST
- Authority reference
CQC MNSI 010- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-058212- Latest notice
- Contract change notice (UK10)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05983aFind a Tender
Notice history
8 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Sept 2025- Contract details notice published11 Sept 2025, 09:43 BSTUK7
- Contract change notice published22 Sept 2025, 18:09 BSTUK10
- Contract change proposed26 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract change notice published27 Nov 2025, 13:51 GMTUK10
- Contract change proposed1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTAdditional services required due to unforeseen organisational and team structure changes. The contracting authority considers that using a different supplier would be incompatible with existing services and would result in technical difficulties and duplication of costs for the authority.
- Contract change notice published2 Apr 2026, 13:31 BSTUK10
- Contract change notice published5 May 2026, 16:49 BSTUK10
- Contract change notice published19 Jun 2026, 15:34 BSTUK10
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2025-11: 1 release · 27 Nov 2025
- 2025-09: 2 releases · 11 Sept 2025, 22 Sept 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £259,1591 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 13 Aug 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Lozenge LimitedSME | £259,159 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
MNSI Communication and Engagement Support · Blue Lozenge LimitedSME
- Signed
- 13 Aug 2025
- Value
- £259,159
- Period
- 17 Jun 2026 – 31 Jul 2027
- Status
- active
- Change 17 Jun 2026 Extension of additional requirement for high-level stakeholder engagement with national bodies, government, parliamentarians, and senior clinical leaders from 1 July to 30 September 2026. The contracting authority considers that using a different supplier would lead to technical difficulties and duplication of costs.
- Change 30 Apr 2026 Additional development support services are required for the 2025/26 annual report, including proofreading, editing, and full design to deliver a publication-ready report. The contracting authority considers that using a different supplier would be incompatible with existing services and would result in technical difficulties and duplication of costs for the authority.
- Change 31 Mar 2026 Additional requirement to deliver high-level stakeholder engagement with national bodies, government, parliamentarians, and senior clinical leaders over a three-month period from from 1 April to 30 June 2026. The contracting authority considers that using a different supplier would lead to technical difficulties and duplication of costs.
- Change proposed 1 Dec 2025 Additional services required due to unforeseen organisational and team structure changes. The contracting authority considers that using a different supplier would be incompatible with existing services and would result in technical difficulties and duplication of costs for the authority., new value £232,798
- Change proposed 26 Sept 2025 contract change notice published, new value £160,798
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Blue Lozenge LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender