Official UK procurement notice
Provision of External Research Providers
Authority: The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMarket 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 publishedLot #1Planned
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)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05065fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
23 Apr 2025 → 3 Jul 2025 · 4 dates- Planning notice published23 Apr 2025, 14:10 BST
- Market engagement29 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
- Tender notice expected30 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts3 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published23 Apr 2025, 14:10 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender