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Published 3 Apr 2025, 11:53 BST

Official UK procurement notice

PMO Support for the NHS Cancer Programme Innovation Open Call

Official notice

Authority: NHS England (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72)Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£2,000,000≈ £686k / year · £2,400,000 inc. VAT2.1% below final estimate
Submissions closed 13 May 2025awarded 5 Jun 2025
Awarded to LGC LIMITED2 awards
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 award a contract 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.

  • 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 #1AwardedRenewal 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
72224000 Project management consultancy services79410000 Business and management consultancy services79419000 Evaluation consultancy services79421000 Project-management services other than for construction work

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
Awarded
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, 11:53 BST
Last source update
16 Oct 2025, 11:54 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 9 Jun 2025
Authority reference
C345222
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-012767
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
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-04fc95 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

health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Timeline

3 Apr 2025 → 16 Oct 2025 · 8 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    3 Apr 2025, 11:53 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    28 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    13 May 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Assessment summaries sent
    9 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST
  5. Award decision expected by
    9 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
  6. Standstill ends
    18 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
  7. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
  8. Latest notice published374 days ago
    16 Oct 2025, 11:54 BST

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Apr 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    3 Apr 2025, 11:53 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    9 Jun 2025, 10:17 BST
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    9 Jun 2025, 10:17 BST
  4. Contract signature expected
    27 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  5. Contract details notice published
    16 Oct 2025, 11:54 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £1,958,0021 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 41 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 21 Jul 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
LGC LIMITED1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2027 · up to 31 Aug 2028Extensions: The contract may be extended by 2 x 12 months this will be dependent upon the availability of funding£1,958,002same award published again · counted once5 Jun 2025standstill to 18 Jun 2025Standstill
LGC LIMITED£1,958,002 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • PMO Support for the NHS Cancer Programme Innovation Open Call · LGC LIMITED

    Signed
    21 Jul 2025
    Value
    £1,958,002
    Period
    1 Sept 2025 – 30 Aug 2028 · up to 30 Aug 2030 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    2 x 1 year extensions permitted within the contract
    3 agreed KPIs: Competition · Monitoring & Reporting · Showcase Event
    • Competition, Administer a fourth competition and associated contracts for awardees
    • Monitoring & Reporting, Monitor and report on awarded projects
    • Showcase Event, Host a showcase / networking event to facilitate networking opportunities for awardees

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4final-stage tenders10—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS England

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDPT-3135-BWWY Wellington House, 133-135 Waterloo Rd, London, London, SE1 8UGContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • LGC GroupAwarded supplierGB-COH: 02991879 Queens Road, Middlesex, London, TW11 0LYContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender