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Published 3 Apr 2025, 11:52 BST

Official UK procurement notice

NHS Cancer Programme Innovation SBRI Healthcare Programme

Official notice

Authority: NHS England (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£2,000,000≈ £686k / year · £2,400,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 13 May 2025
Contract term 2 yrs 11 moends 31 Jul 2028 · up to 31 Jul 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NHS England is seeking to contract with a supplier to deliver the Programme Management Function for the NHS Cancer Innovation Open Call Programme (via SBRI Healthcare). The supplier will support assessment of the applications by a robust and independent three stage peer review and interview process requiring expertise in Cancer, implementation commercialisation and evaluation. Successful awardees are provided funding for real world pilots which are monitored and evaluated closely. To date there have been two rounds of the open call funding 14 innovations, the third round will be announced shortly. The successful supplier will be responsible for the following: - Continued management of Round 3 of the open call programme - Monitor performance and financial spend of pilots - Report of progress to the NHS Cancer Programme - Manage evaluation for each innovation including commissioning the NICE metal tool, obtaining input from the NICE scientific advice team and ensuring health economics are assessed - Provide tailored support and mentoring for innovators - Develop the scope for an additional offer of support for successful pilots demonstrating high impact and feasibility and administering a transparent and robust assessment process to review eligibility of pilots for additional support - Manage the administration of NHS Cancer Programme Innovation Events to showcase and facilitate networking between funded projects - Support the NHS Cancer Programme Innovation Team to manage the administration of future open calls The contract will be for an initial period of 3 years with an option to extend by up to 2 x 12 months. Details of this are set out in the Associated Tender Documents. The following associated tender documents are available on Atamis: - Invitation to Tender - Specification - Form of Tender - Supplier Information Questionnaire - Draft Contract Preliminary Market Engagement was carried out by the publishing of a Prior Information Notice on 8th August 2024 C300616 EOI – NHS England Cancer Innovation Open Call - Find a Tender

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 3 Apr 2028, 23:59 BST.

CPV: Business and management consultancy services · Evaluation consultancy services · Project management consultancy services · Project-management services other than for construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 2 yrs 11 moSMEVCSEPublished value£2,000,000
Contract period: 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Jul 2028 (2 yrs 11 mo) · up to 31 Jul 2030 with extensionsValue: £2,000,000 exc. VAT · £2,400,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension will be dependent upon supplier performance and continued funding of the scheme The extension will be 2 x 12 months

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: 60%Price: 30%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical: 60%
  • Commercial: 30%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Technical: 60% of the marks will be awarded to the technical response as per the documents
  • Social Value: 10% of the overall mark will be awarded to Social Value as per the tender documents
  • Commercial: 30% of the marks will be awarded to the commercial offer as per the tender documents
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
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · next expected 3 Apr 2028
First published
3 Apr 2025, 11:52 BST
Last source update
3 Apr 2025, 11:52 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 9 Jun 2025
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-012766
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Business and management consultancy servicesEvaluation consultancy servicesProject management consultancy servicesProject-management services other than for construction work
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fc94 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

Information on payment terms appliable to this tender and contract are detailed in the associated tender documents

Review and risk notes
Risks

The risks associated with this tender and contract are: Future funding of the scheme is not guaranteed and therefore use of clause 23 of the Contract provided in the tender documents allowing Termination for Convenience will apply.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: 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
Submission deadline
13 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
28 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

3 Apr 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    3 Apr 2025, 11:52 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    28 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    13 May 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by
    9 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    3 Apr 2025, 11:52 BST
    UK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS England

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDPT-3135-BWWY 7-8 Wellington Place, Leeds, Yorkshire & Humber, LS1 4APContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender