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title: "Specialist NMC Leadership Training: Complex Cases and Legal Preparedness"
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# Specialist NMC Leadership Training: Complex Cases and Legal Preparedness

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-nmc-leadership-training-complex-cases-and-legal-preparedness-ocds-h6vhtk-06b6cd). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust: "Specialist NMC Leadership Training: Complex Cases and Legal Preparedness". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/guy-s-and-st-thomas-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rj1)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £70,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-nmc-leadership-training-complex-cases-and-legal-preparedness-ocds-h6vhtk-06b6cd#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06b6cd`

## Before you bid
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- **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/specialist-nmc-leadership-training-complex-cases-and-legal-preparedness-ocds-h6vhtk-06b6cd#tl-md)

## Description
Specialist training for Matrons, Heads of Nursing and Directors of Nursing in relation to leadership of complex case handling and legal preparedness, with specific emphasis on Nursing and Midwifery Council cases. This a pilot programme for 48 learners, if successful it may be rolled out wider.
Direct award is justified under Section 41 and Schedule 5, Paragraph 5 of the Procurement Act 2023, on the basis that this is a highly specialised training requirement. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is uniquely positioned to deliver this curriculum in its capacity as both the professional body and representative organisation for the nursing profession. Unlike standard education and training providers, the RCN represents and supports thousands of nurses involved in NMC proceedings each year and possesses specialist legal, professional and practical expertise derived from direct involvement in such cases. As a result, the RCN is uniquely qualified to deliver training that combines regulatory, professional and real-world disciplinary perspectives, and no reasonable alternative provider has been identified that can offer an equivalent level of expertise and authority in this subject area.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80561000

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Specialist Leadership Training in Complex Case Management and Legal Preparedness (NMC Focus) (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Royal College of Nursing**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-77291`
  - Value: £70,000 (exc. VAT)

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F057029-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-17T10:36:13.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T16:32:03.702Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06b6cd