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# NELFT Quality Improvement Partner

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nelft-quality-improvement-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-058620). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** North East London NHS Foundation Trust: "NELFT Quality Improvement Partner". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 15 Sept 2025, 13:00 BST. Published submission portal: health-family.force.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [North East London NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/north-east-london-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rat)
- **Published Value:** £1,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 15 September 2025 at 13:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Recruitment services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £987,127 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nelft-quality-improvement-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-058620#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-058620`

## 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/nelft-quality-improvement-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-058620#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [health-family.force.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhealth-family.force.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nelft-quality-improvement-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-058620#participate

## Description
A strategic partner to help embed QI as a business. Strategy has been emphasised since 2023, as it is still currently an add-on in business-as-usual work at the Trust. We are now seeking to appoint a strategic QI and quality management system partner, to support the development and implementation of a “NELFT method” for improvement and transformation of our quality management system. This will help us where quality becomes our business strategy to meet the needs of our population and the complex challenges we will face as an organisation now and in the future.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79600000

- **Estimated Value:** £1,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 01/01/2026 to 31/12/2028

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** NELFT Quality Improvement Partner (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Institute for Healthcare Improvement**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-126527`
  - Value: £987,127 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 21/04/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F048037-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-22T15:56:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T01:14:25.781Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-058620