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National Education and Training for NHS Healthcare Science - Scientists Training Programme (STP)and Echocardiography Training Programme (ETP)
Education and training services
Location not published
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: NHS England: "National Education and Training for NHS Healthcare Science - Scientists Training Programme (STP)and Echocardiography Training Programme (ETP)". Published status: planned. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | NHS England | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | planned No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | Not published |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: NHS England
Market Analytics
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
Competition Density
22.8Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
Anna FreudTop vendor: 29.6% of attributable valuePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 Name | Historic Awards | Attributable GBP Value |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Freud | 1 win | £5,862,540 |
| Anglia Ruskin University | 1 win | £4,809,159 |
| NHS Shared Business Services Limited | 1 win | £4,393,727 |
| Pearson Professional Assessments Limited | 1 win | £4,374,320 |
| Timewise Foundation CIC | 1 win | £166,667 |
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNHS England | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statusplanned | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published18 Aug 2026, 09:01 BST | Last source update18 Aug 2026, 09:01 BST | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationEducation and training services | ||
Delivery areaLocation not published | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-051899 | ||
What is being bought
NHS England's Workforce, Training and Education Directorate sets out a suite of Education and Training programmes which are supported financially by NHS England as a corporate body. This is a wide ranging list of programmes covering most professional groups. This procurement is for one of the programmes within this education and training offer. The overall Procurement is titled as Healthcare Science - Scientists Training Programme (STP) and Echocardiography Training Programme (ETP), and will include a review of the current provision, including rationalisation of the current programmes, and identification of new, aligned programmes. The current programmes under review for this reprocurement are: HCS Echocardiography Training Programme (ETP), HCS Scientists Training Programme (STP). The commencement of procurement and award of any subsequent contract will be subject to budgetary approval.
What changed
From the official release history
- Official notice release published
18 Aug 2026, 09:01 BST - tender value changed
6 Aug 2026, 09:53 BST - Official notice release published
6 Aug 2026, 09:53 BST - Published value updated to £70,000,000
20 May 2025, 12:41 BST - Status changed to planned
20 May 2025, 12:41 BST - Official notice release published
20 May 2025, 12:41 BST - Buyer information updated
20 May 2025, 12:41 BST - Published tender amendment
Not publishedUpdate dates and values
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedplannedPublished valueNot publishedThe source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Pipeline notice
18 Aug 2026, 09:01 BST - Procedure published
18 Aug 2026, 09:01 BST
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-BWWYDocuments (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
- 18 Aug 2026, 09:01 BST
Related procedures (0)
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleNot published |