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# National Paediatric Critical Care Audit

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-paediatric-critical-care-audit-ocds-h6vhtk-067e3d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership: "National Paediatric Critical Care Audit". Published status: complete. Published Value: £9,499,426. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 8 May 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.delta-esourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/healthcare-quality-improvement-partnership-coh-06498947)
- **Published Value:** £9,499,426 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 May 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £9,499,426 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-paediatric-critical-care-audit-ocds-h6vhtk-067e3d#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-067e3d`

## 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-067e3d#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com%2Frespond%2F555BG3NZH4)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-paediatric-critical-care-audit-ocds-h6vhtk-067e3d#participate

## Description
The contract will initially be delivered for NHS-funded care in England for a period of 3 years, at a maximum total budget of up to £2,832,765.70 GBP including VAT, £2,360,638.08 GBP excluding VAT. Bids exceeding this limit will be rejected. There is potential to extend the contract for up to two additional years at a potential value of £944,256 per year including VAT, £786,880 per year excluding VAT.
All pricing submissions must be in regard to this 'core' value, and not inclusive of any extension costs or aspirational intent costs, i.e. Please only submit a cost schedule up to the maximum core value of £2,832,765.70 GBP including VAT, £2,360,638.08 GBP excluding VAT.
The maximum budget ‘core’ value is £2,832,765.70 GBP including VAT, £2,360,638.08 GBP excluding VAT excludes the potential two year extension and aspirational intent as described in section 14 of Annex A - Service Specification.
Please note, there is no commitment by the Authority at this stage to include any aspirational intent measures. Taking the total of this aspirational intent into account, as well as the possibility that a contract extension may be offered for an additional two years, the potential ceiling value is £11,874,282 GBP including VAT.
There is also a potential that the contract price will be subject to discretionary inflationary uplift.
The role of a national clinical audit is to stimulate healthcare quality 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 available 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 who are engaging with and using the audit results are also in a position to improve the system, and where there is a shared understanding of what good care looks like.
National clinical audits are expected to:
a.Develop a robust, high-quality audit designed around key quality metrics likely to best support local and national healthcare quality improvement
b.Detect, describe and help reduce unwarranted clinical variation by systematically benchmarking performance, identifying outliers, and supporting services to understand variation in outcomes, processes and experience
c.Achieve, articulate and maintain close alignment with relevant NICE national guidance and quality standards throughout the audit, as appropriate
d.Enable healthcare quality improvement through the provision of timely, high-quality data that compares providers of healthcare, and comprises an integrated mixture of named Trust or Health board, Integrated Care System (ICS), commissioner, multidisciplinary team (MDT), possibly consultant or clinical team level and other levels...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-paediatric-critical-care-audit-ocds-h6vhtk-067e3d)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85100000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £9,499,426

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

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** National Paediatric Critical Care Audit (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **University of Leeds**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-137382`
  - Value: £9,499,426 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 14/07/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F032045-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-05T10:56:36.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T11:58:27.365Z
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