Official UK procurement notice
Situational Judgement & Psychometric Testing- Assessments
Authority: NHS England (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract underpins the provision of Situational Judgement and Psychometric Testing used in national recruitment for dentists, doctors, pharmacists, and healthcare scientists.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Aug 2026, 09:08 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Aug 2026, 12:49 BST
- Authority reference
C467940- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-080827- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06eb1aFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
NHS England is currently contracted with Work Psychology Group for delivery of the Multi-Specialty Recruitment Assessment (MRSA) and associated assessment services.
This direct award is made in accordance with Section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023 and Schedule 5 paragraph 7
Additional or repeat goods, services or works
A change in supplier at this time would result in NHS England receiving services that are incompatible with the existing services, and that incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties.
This award is required to ensure continuity of service whilst NHS England completes the National review work and undertakes a new procurement process.
- Risks
The value of this contract is based on the number of exams sat. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure an accurate figure is used for the purposes of calculating the total contractual value, these may fluctuate. Therefore there is the possibility that a modification under the Materialisation of Known Risk ground may be required at some point during the life of the contract.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
25 Aug 2026 → 7 Sept 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published59 days ago25 Aug 2026, 12:49 BST
- Standstill ends45 days ago7 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Aug 2026- Transparency notice published25 Aug 2026, 09:08 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published25 Aug 2026, 12:49 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected8 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work Psychology Group8 Sept 2026 – 7 Sept 2027 · up to 7 Sept 2028Extensions: 12 month extension permitted subject to further funding approval | £1,312,360 | 20 Aug 2026standstill to 7 Sept 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Work Psychology GroupAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender