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# Provision of the NMC OSCE delivery services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-the-nmc-osce-delivery-services-ocds-h6vhtk-028d2c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Nursing and Midwifery Council: "Provision of the NMC OSCE delivery services". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £100,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [The Nursing and Midwifery Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-nursing-and-midwifery-council-GB-PPON-PHCH-9173-QTMH)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £100,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services, Operation of an educational centre, Vocational training services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-028d2c`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-the-nmc-osce-delivery-services-ocds-h6vhtk-028d2c#tl-md)

## Description
This is a prior information notice for the forthcoming concession contract for more than 1 but a maximum of 5 partners who will deliver the Objective Structured Clinical Examination the (OSCE) on behalf of the NMC. The OSCE will need to be made available to nurses, midwives and nursing associates who trained outside England and who want to apply to join our register or those seeking to re-join our register after a long period away from practice. Please find the link to our website which provides more information about our registration process www.nmc.org.uk/registration/joining-the-registerCurrently three universities throughout the United Kingdom deliver these services, however these contracts are due to expire in February 2022. Additionally the NMC strategic priority to review the route to registration for overseas trained applicants will begin in 2022. Therefore, to continue delivering the OSCE beyond 2022 for overseas and readmission applicants, we are required to retender the current contracts. We are looking to re-procure these services for maximum contract duration of five years, comprising of an initial term with extension options.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 80530000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** This is a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to advertise that the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) plans to run a procurement process during 2021 to identify and appoint a number of partners who will work with us to provide the Objective Structured C...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001494-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-01-25T17:55:26.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T15:35:16.270Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-028d2c