Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 5 Jun 2025, 09:36 BST

Official UK procurement notice

National media campaign to attract Chairs & NED's

Official notice

Authority: NHS England (Central government)

ServicesSME suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£100,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Jul 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 8 moends 31 Mar 2026 · up to 30 Jun 2026 with extensions · starts 28 Jul 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NHS England would like to engage with potential suppliers via a Request for Information (RFI) document to understand the capacity and capability of the market. Currently we have a large number of Chairs and NEDs coming to the end of their terms of office, alongside others stepping down. We have also experienced difficulty in recruiting to these roles and we need to refresh our talent pipeline to help with future recruitment in this area. There is a general sentiment that Chair and NED roles have changed over recent years, the introduction of ICBs, increased complexity of the system and an increase in the numbers of shared leadership and group arrangements are often cited as factors. The role of the non-executive director within the NHS is incredibly important. That is why we are prioritising a national media attraction campaign to develop our talent pipeline by inviting suitable candidates to express interest in becoming a first-time NHS non-executive director. We therefore wish to engage an external media or recruitment agency to plan, create and deliver a campaign to attract 300 first time NHS non-executive directors, typically experienced individuals from a wide range of professional backgrounds who often have experience in leading or managing large or complex organisations. To review and respond to the RFI document please go to the following link health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗ Reference C366727

CPV: Business and management consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 8 moSME
Contract period: 28 Jul 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 (8 mo) · up to 30 Jun 2026 with extensions
Eligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
5 Jun 2025, 09:36 BST
Last source update
5 Jun 2025, 09:36 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-030092
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Business and management consultancy services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054333 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

5 Jun 2025 → 28 Jul 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    5 Jun 2025, 09:36 BST
  2. Market engagement
    19 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST

    We are looking for suppliers to complete the Request for Information document

  3. Tender notice expected
    1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts
    28 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    5 Jun 2025, 09:36 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS England

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDPT-3135-BWWY Wellington House, 133-135 Waterloo Rd, London, London, SE1 8UGContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure