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Published 22 Jul 2026, 14:38 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Strategic Culture Change Partner

Official notice

Authority: University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73)Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: South West (UKK)
Published estimate£600,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 17 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Trust is looking at appointing an Organisational Culture Change Strategic Partner to provide specialist <br/>capacity and expertise to design, deliver and embed a Trust‑wide cultural transformation programme.

CPV: Business and management consultancy services · Research and development services and related consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Open ProcedurePublished value£600,000

Open Procedure<br/>UHSussex seeks a strategic partner with deep expertise in cultural systems, behavioural change and large<br/>scale transformation in complex healthcare environments. The partner will work alongside the Trust to <br/>embed the Compass, strengthen leadership accountability, build psychological safety, and align systems <br/>and processes to the behaviours required for Excellent Care Everywhere.

Delivery: South West · Worthing Hospital
Variant bids: not allowed
73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
22 Jul 2026, 14:38 BST
Last source update
22 Jul 2026, 14:38 BST
Award evaluation window
22 Jul 2026 – …
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-069235
Classification (CPV)
Business and management consultancy servicesResearch and development services and related consultancy services
Delivery area
South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d100 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account PER buying organisation portal · password resets come "from Salesforce.com" (check spam)

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗

Submission deadline
17 Aug 2026, 10:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
22 Jul 2026, 15:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗

Timeline

22 Jul 2026 → 16 Nov 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published97 days ago
    22 Jul 2026, 14:38 BST
  2. Bids opened97 days ago
    22 Jul 2026, 15:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline71 days ago
    17 Aug 2026, 10:00 BST
  4. Today
    28 Oct 2026
  5. Bids must remain valid untilin 19 days
    16 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentHealthcare provider - NHS Foundation TrustHealth Lyndhurst Road, Worthing, South East, BN11 2DHContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS TrustReview body Brighton

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.