Scope
Reference
250334
Description
This procurement will appoint an Economic Operator to deliver remote webinars, resources, and mock exams to support trainees preparing for the Common Registration Assessment. It aims to improve trainee readiness, provide performance monitoring and feedback to NICPLD, and ensure equitable access to quality learning. The primary beneficiaries are trainees, with wider benefits for NICPLD, employers, and patient care, and potential for future use in other clinical education programmes.
Contract 1. Contract for a Development Programme to Support Foundation Trainee Pharmacists to Prepare for the Common Registration Assessment
Supplier
Contract value
- £510,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Award decision date
11 February 2026
Date assessment summaries were sent to tenderers
11 February 2026
Standstill period
- End: 20 February 2026
- 6 working days
Earliest date the contract will be signed
24 February 2026
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 May 2026 to 1 May 2027
- Possible extension to 1 May 2033
- 7 years, 1 day
Description of possible extension:
with options to extend by up to a further 72 Months
Main procurement category
Services
Options
The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid.
with options to extend by up to a further 72 Months
CPV classifications
- 80500000 - Training services
- 85149000 - Pharmacy services
Information about tenders
- 3 tenders received
- 3 tenders assessed in the final stage:
- 1 submitted by small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
- 0 submitted by voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
- 1 supplier awarded contracts
- 2 suppliers unsuccessful (details included for contracts over £5 million)
Unsuccessful suppliers
Procedure
Procedure type
Open procedure
Suppliers
CoreEd Limited
- Companies House: 12213706
Winnersh Traingle
Wokingham
RG41 5TP
United Kingdom
Region: UKJ11 - Berkshire
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Greenlight Healthcare Ltd (t/a Green Light Campus)
- Companies House: 03783984
Level 5a Maple House
149 Tottenham Court Road, London
W1T 7NF
United Kingdom
Email: simon@greenlightpharmacy.com
Region: UKI31 - Camden and City of London
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Supported employment provider: No
Public service mutual: No
Contract 1. Contract for a Development Programme to Support Foundation Trainee Pharmacists to Prepare for the Common Registration Assessment
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Companies House: RC000799
66-68 East Smithfield
London
E1W 1AW
United Kingdom
Region: UKI42 - Tower Hamlets
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Contracting authority
Queen's University Belfast
- Charity Commission for Northern Ireland: 101788
University Rd
Belfast
BT7 1NN
United Kingdom
Email: procurement@qub.ac.uk
Region: UKN06 - Belfast
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government
Devolved regulations that apply: Northern Ireland