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# National Paediatric Critical Care Audit

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-paediatric-critical-care-audit-ocds-h6vhtk-05e869). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership: "National Paediatric Critical Care Audit". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £1,080,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/healthcare-quality-improvement-partnership-coh-06498947)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £1,080,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-paediatric-critical-care-audit-ocds-h6vhtk-05e869#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05e869`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-paediatric-critical-care-audit-ocds-h6vhtk-05e869#tl-md)

## Description
The contract is expected to initially be delivered for NHS-funded care in England, for a period of 3 years, at a maximum total budget of up to £1,296,000 including VAT and £1,080,000 GBP excluding VAT. Bids exceeding this limit will be rejected. There is potential to extend the contract for up to two additional years as well as the option to include other Devolved Nations and/or Crown Dependencies, and aspirational measures (which will be defined in the service specification).
The maximum budget ‘core’ value is £1,296,000 including VAT and £1,080,000 GBP excluding VAT.  This excludes the potential two year extension and aspirational intent which will be included in the service specification at point of tender, meaning the ceiling value has the potential to be higher.
There is also the potential that an audit of level 2 paediatric critical care services will form part of the specification, or be varied in at a later date via a funded aspirational intent mechanism. The above funding is excluding this workstream; however, potential bidders are to keep in mind this potential.
The role of a national clinical audit is to stimulate healthcare improvement through the provision of high quality information on the organisation, delivery and outcomes of healthcare, together with tools and support to enable healthcare providers and other audiences to make best use of this information. Outcomes are benchmarked against national guidance and standards e.g. quality standards from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), and those from other established professional and patient sources. Successful national audits are those where the individuals providing the data are also in a position to improve the system, and there is a shared understanding of what good care looks like. 
The National Paediatric Critical Care Audit (referred to as NPCCA for remainder of this document for brevity), was established in 2001 with the aim of providing a secure and confidential high quality clinical database of paediatric critical care activity. It is now part of the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP) and is recognised as the definitive source for paediatric critical care data in England. NPCCA collects data from NHS Paediatric Critical Care (PCC) providing paediatric Level 3 Critical Care and Specialist Paediatric Critical Care Transport Services. There are on average around 20,000 new admissions per year. NPCCA audits the quality of care delivered against the Paediatric Critical Care Society (PCCS) standards and key quality metrics adopted by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), which cover the whole patient pathway from the initial referral to paediatric critical care, specialist transport and then inpatient care.
The overarching aim is to stimulate improvements in care for patients by measuring variations in quality, experience and outcomes. During this contract period, the successful tenderer will need to build on the achievements o...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-paediatric-critical-care-audit-ocds-h6vhtk-05e869)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 85100000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2027 to 31/03/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F076890-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-11-25T14:05:19.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T13:36:38.324Z
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