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Published 10 Jun 2021, 11:22 BST

Official UK procurement notice

New Hospital Programme – Programme Delivery Partner (PDP)

Official notice

Authority: NHS England (Central government)·Consortium: 3 public authorities

ServicesCompetitive procedure with negotiation
Published estimate£307,000,000exc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 19 Jan 2024awarded 4 Mar 2025
Awarded to Mace Consult Limited, Turner & Townsend Project Management Limited2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NHSE is appointing a Programme Delivery Partner (PDP) for the New Hospital Programme (NHP) to be the long-term partner to the programme.<br/><br/>The PDP will provide expertise in scheme design, programme and project management expertise to allow NHP to develop a more standardised approach to design and delivery, increase participation from suppliers in the health infrastructure market, and unlock efficiencies and accelerate delivery to allow NHSE to meet the Government’s commitment to deliver the biggest hospital building programme in a generation. NHP’s ambition is to transform operations across digital, clinical, and workforce workstreams, to identify requirements and translate these into national standards and policies, thereby improving benefits for patients and staff. The PDP interfaces with and supports transformation workstreams, for example supporting the transfer of learning from more advanced Trusts to later ones. The PDP will work with NHSE and NHS Trusts to ensure that the programmatic benefits are increasingly embedded in hospital design and delivery as these benefits are developed.

CPV: Approval plans, working drawings and specifications · Architectural and related services · Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Building services · Business analysis consultancy services · Business and management consultancy and related services · Construction project management services · Construction-related services · Consultative engineering and construction services · Contract administration services · Data services · Engineering design services for mechanical and electrical installations for buildings · +10 more

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1This procurement is for the long-term Programme Delivery Partner (PDP) for the New…AwardedPublished value£307,000,000

This procurement is for the long-term Programme Delivery Partner (PDP) for the New Hospitals Programme. NHSE wishes to appoint a PDP to be the long-term partner to the programme.<br/><br/>The PDP will provide expertise in scheme design, programme and project management and commercial expertise to allow NHP to develop a more standardised approach to design and delivery, increase participation from suppliers in the health infrastructure market, and unlock efficiencies and accelerate delivery to allow NHSE to meet the Government’s commitment to deliver the biggest hospital building programme in a generation. NHP’s ambition is to transform operations across digital, clinical, and workforce workstreams, to identify requirements and translate these into national standards and policies, thereby improving benefits for patients and staff. The PDP interfaces with and supports transformation workstreams, for example supporting the transfer of learning from more advanced Trusts to later ones. The PDP will work with NHSE and NHS Trusts to ensure that the programmatic benefits are increasingly embedded in hospital design and delivery as these benefits are developed. Additional information: The value provided is the estimated Value: £307 million (excluding VAT) for the first 48 months of the Contract (in accordance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015, reg. 6(19)). All estimated values included within this Contract Award Notice are to be treated as estimates only and do not constitute a guaranteed or cap on spend under the Contract.

Delivery: UK · New Hospital Programme is an England wide programme. Services may be performed at various sites across England. PDP Services to be performed in the UK only.
Extensions: 1. Optional Scope - NHSE reserves the right to use the Contract for wider NHSE requirements beyond NHP (NHSE Ancillary Services) and is also procuring the Contract for and on behalf of DHSC and SCCL in respect of Optional Scope. Further information on Optional Scope is included in the accompanying procurement documents. See ITC paragraph 2.1.5 (Optional Scope) and ITC Appendix A1: Outline Scope.<br/>2. Permitted modification - Digital Delivery – NHSE intends to procure a digital delivery partner separately from the PDP. Due to the similar nature of the services and ability for greater integration and efficiencies, NHSE reserves the right (by way of agreement with the PDP) to novate digital delivery services to the PDP. Digital delivery may therefore form part of the PDP Scope of Services during the Contract duration. Accordingly, the anticipated scope of the digital delivery services has been included in this Contract Notice and accompanying procurement documents (including ITC Appendix A1: Outline Scope).<br/>3. Transfer to replacement contracting authority – NHSE reserves the right to transfer the Contract in whole or in part to another public body (or bodies) that during the term of the Contract assume NHSE’s delivery obligations (in whole or in part) to deliver the New Hospital Programme or new NHS hospitals through another iteration of the New Hospital Programme.<br/>4. Trust support - the PDP will provide services to support NHSE and NHS Trusts to ensure that the programmatic benefits are increasingly embedded in hospital design and delivery as these benefits are developed. The PDP Services will also enable NHSE to support the Trusts in the delivery of schemes.<br/>5. Extension to duration of the Contract - NHSE reserves the right to extend the term of the Contract in whole or in part or any other combination for up to a further 4 years to no later than 31 March 2035.Second stage: 3–4 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 70%
  • price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 70
  • Price: 30
Conditions of participation3
  • Suitability

    Applicants are referred to the SQP and accompanying procurement documents for information about conditions for participation.

  • Economic & financial standing

    Applicants are referred to the SQP and accompanying procurement documents for the selection criteria for this procurement

  • Technical & professional ability

    Applicants are referred to the SQP and accompanying procurement documents for the technical and professional ability for this procurement

Successive reduction
Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Competitive procedure with negotiation
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
10 Jun 2021, 11:22 BST
Last source update
18 Mar 2025, 15:06 GMT
Authority reference
C221339
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-009939
Classification (CPV)
Approval plans, working drawings and specificationsArchitectural and related servicesArchitectural, construction, engineering and inspection servicesBuilding servicesBusiness analysis consultancy servicesBusiness and management consultancy and related servicesConstruction project management servicesConstruction-related servicesConsultative engineering and construction servicesContract administration services
+12 moreData servicesEngineering design services for mechanical and electrical installations for buildings
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ba50 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Performance terms

Applicants are referred to the SQP and accompanying procurement documents for information about NHSE’s contractual requirements.

Publisher note: 1) Terms in this Contract Notice with an initial capital letter have the meanings given in the SQP. See SQP Table 1.3 (Glossary of terms and definitions).<br/><br/>2) To express interest in the Contract, Candidates must complete and submit the SQ Response on the NHP e-Procurement Portal by the submission deadline for SQ Responses stated in the SQP (SQ Response Deadline). Please note that the SQ Response Deadline is a precise time and Candidates should allow sufficient time to upload their SQ Response.<br/><br/>3) All Candidates are required to express an interest by registering on the NHP e-Procurement Portal: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome<br/><br/>4) For further assistance contact the NHP e-Procurement Portal helpdesk at: (Candidates can contact the Atamis helpdesk at [email protected] or by calling 0800 9956035 for technical assistance.)<br/><br/>5) To find this opportunity, register on NHP e-procurement system here: https://health-family.force.com/login<br/><br/>• Once logged in click 'Find Opportunities' and search for ‘NHP Programme Delivery Partner or C221339'<br/>• Click 'Register Interest'<br/>• Once you have registered your interest you will be able to view the Requirements and submit a response to the question within the portal<br/>• Any messages about the opportunity should be sent via the e-procurement system. You can do this by going to the home page and:<br/>o Click on 'My proposals & Quotes'<br/>o Click the relevant Project Title<br/>o Click 'Messages' & 'New Message <br/><br/>6) Candidates are required to complete, sign and return the Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA) set out in ITC Appendix C before they will be given access to the Reading Room, containing relevant background information for this procurement. Access to the Reading Room will not be granted until the signed NDA and declaration have been received. For further information, please see ITC Appendix B (NHP Background Information and NHP Policies). <br/><br/>7) A Candidate may be a single organisation or a Consortium. Both a Candidate that is a single entity and a Candidate that is a Consortium, may rely on the capacity and abilities of an individual Party or Parties in order to meet the Minimum Standards. Refer to the SQP section 3.2 ("Different types of Candidate") for more guidance. A Candidate may only submit one SQ Response. Candidate’s attention is drawn to the provisions on Conflicts of Interest relating to this procurement and the Contract set out in the SQP.<br/><br/>8) Section I: Contracting authority – The Contract is being procured by and on behalf of NHSE for and on behalf of itself in respect of NHSE’s needs and requirements for the New Hospital Programme. However, Candidates should note that NHSE reserves the right to use the Contract for wider NHSE requirements (Ancillary NHSE Services) and is also procuring the Contract for and on behalf of DHSC and SCCL in respect of Optional Scope (see ITC paragraph 2.1.5 (Optional Scope) for further information). Further, NHSE reserves the right to transfer the Contract in whole or in part to another public body (or bodies) that during the term of the Contract assume NHSE’s delivery obligations (in whole or in part) to deliver the New Hospital Programme or new NHS hospitals through another iteration of the New Hospital Programme.<br/><br/>9) II.1.5 / II.2.6 (Estimated Value): £307 million (excluding VAT) for the first 48 months of the Contract (in accordance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015, reg. 6(19)). For further information about the basis on which this estimate has been calculated and further information on NHSE’s estimated value over the whole Contract term (including the estimated values of the Optional Scope), please see the SQP. All estimated values included within this Contract Notice and the SQP are to be treated as estimates only and do not constitute a guaranteed or cap on spend under the Contract.<br/><br/>10) II.2.7) Duration of the contract: The duration of 126 months is the maximum possible duration for the Contract based on the NHP programme as at the date of this Contract Notice. However, the Contract with the successful Tenderer will be for an initial term of 6.5 years, subject to a unilateral break clause that may be exercised by NHSE after the first 4 years. In addition, NHSE reserves the right to extend the term of the Contract in whole or in part or any other combination for up to a further 4 years to no later than 31 March 2035 (or 10.5 years in total). Other dates and timescales in this Contract Notice and in the SQP are estimated and may be subject to change.<br/><br/>11) IV.1.1) (Type of procedure): NHSE is procuring the Contract in accordance with the competitive procedure with negotiation (CPN) pursuant to PCR 2015, reg. 29.<br/><br/>12) IV.1.4 and IV.1.5 (Information about negotiation): NHSE reserves the right not to conduct negotiations with Tenderers and may award the Contract on the basis of Initial Tenders without negotiation in accordance with PCR 2015, reg. 29(15). NHSE also reserves the right to conduct negotiations in successive stages in order to reduce the number of tenders to be negotiated in accordance with PCR 2015, reg. 29(19). Candidates are referred to the SQP for further information on how NHSE intends to conduct the CPN process.<br/><br/>13) A response to this Contract Notice does not guarantee that a Candidate will be invited to participate in negotiation. The award process may be terminated or suspended at any time without cost or liability to NHSE. NHSE does not bind itself to enter into any contract(s) arising out of the procedures envisaged by this Contract Notice. No contractual rights express or implied arise out of this Contract Notice or the procedures envisaged by it. Any contract(s) let by NHSE may provide that the scope or duration of the Contract may be extended at NHSE's discretion. NHSE reserves the right to vary its requirements and the procedure relating to the conduct of the award process. NHSE reserves the right to disqualify any Candidates on terms set out in the SQP.<br/><br/>14) Candidates and Tenderers shall be solely responsible for and liable for all costs associated with and arising out of or in connection with responding to this Contract Notice and any SQ Response and with submitting any tender, howsoever incurred.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Submission deadline
19 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

10 Jun 2021 → 18 Mar 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    10 Jun 2021, 00:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    19 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    18 Mar 2025, 15:06 GMT

Notice history

7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Nov 2023
  1. Published value published: £307,000,000
    29 Nov 2023, 15:40 GMT
  2. Status changed to active
    29 Nov 2023, 15:40 GMT
  3. Procurement method changed
    29 Nov 2023, 15:40 GMT
  4. Deadline published: 19 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT
    29 Nov 2023, 15:40 GMT
  5. Buyer details updated
    29 Nov 2023, 15:40 GMT
  6. Status changed to complete
    18 Mar 2025, 15:06 GMT
  7. Buyer details updated
    18 Mar 2025, 15:06 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextDescription of procurement · II.2.4.1—The Government has announced that we will build 40 new hospitals by 2030. Together with 8 hospital schemes which have secured previous investment and will be delivered as part of the programme, this will result in 48 hospitals by the end of the decade, the biggest hospital building programme in a generation. The Government has confirmed an initial £3.7bn funding allocation over the next four years…

1 amendment published without a description.

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2021-06: 1 release · 10 Jun 2021

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £614,000,0002 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 2latest 4 Mar 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Mace Consult LimitedSubcontracting: The delivery of the contract will be subcontracted to various key subconsultants as listed below <br/><br/>Mott MacDonald <br/>Deloitte <br/>Amentum <br/>Unipart£307,000,000 †—Awarded
Turner & Townsend Project Management LimitedSubcontracting: The delivery of the contract will be subcontracted to various key subconsultants as listed below <br/><br/>Mott MacDonald <br/>Deloitte <br/>Amentum <br/>Unipart£307,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

NHS England

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Wellington House, 133-135 Waterloo Rd, London, South East, SE1 8UGContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Department of Health and Social CareContracting authorityMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsHealth London, LondonContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.