Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 23 Apr 2025, 14:10 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of External Research Providers

Official notice

Authority: The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£500,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 30 Apr 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrs 9 moends 31 Mar 2028 · starts 3 Jul 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Market Engagement Questionnaire for the provision of External Research Providers. External Research Providers if successful will be added to an approved supplier list which will consist of the following four lots: The approved supplier list will be split into the following four lots: Lot 1 - Methodological expertise: Quantitative Research including statistical, analytical and modelling capability Lot 2 - Methodological expertise: Qualitative Research including evidence reviews Lot 3 - Methodological expertise: Evaluation including policy and education standards Lot 4 - Methodological expertise: Specialisms in accessible and inclusive approaches including trauma-informed approaches and experience with seldom-heard groups. External Research Providers will be able to bid for all/multiple lots.

CPV: Market research services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 2 yrs 9 moSME
Contract period: 3 Jul 2025 – 31 Mar 2028 (2 yrs 9 mo)
Delivery: LondonEligibility: SME eligible

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
23 Apr 2025, 14:10 BST
Last source update
23 Apr 2025, 14:10 BST
Authority reference
C1470
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-016538
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Market research services
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05065f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

23 Apr 2025 → 3 Jul 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    23 Apr 2025, 14:10 BST
  2. Market engagement
    29 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST

    Market Engagement Questionnaire to be completed and uploaded onto e-sourcing portal Atamis. Reponses to the Questionnaire are to be completed electronically using the e-sourcing portal Atamis. nmcprocurementportal.force.com/s/Welcome ↗ (‘e-Sourcing Portal’) by 12pm on 29th April 2025

  3. Tender notice expected
    30 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts
    3 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 Apr 2025, 14:10 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Nursing and Midwifery Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PHCH-9173-QTMH 23 Portland Place, London, London, W1B 1PZContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure