Pipeline

Healthcare Science - Higher Specialist Scientist Training (HSST) and Programme

  • NHS England

UK1: Pipeline notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-023414

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05194a

Published 20 May 2025, 4:04pm



Scope

Description

NHS England's Workforce, Training and Education Directorate sets out a suite of Education and Training programmes which are supported financially by NHS England as a corporate body. This is a wide ranging list of programmes covering most professional groups. This procurement is for one of the programmes within this education and training offer. The overall Procurement is titled as Children and Young People's Mental Health - Inpatient Whole Team Training and Service Leadership Training, and will include a review of the current provision, including rationalisation of the current programmes, and identification of new, aligned programmes. The current programmes under review for this reprocurement are: CYP inpatient Whole Team Training (including Eating Disorders bolt-on), CYP Service Leadership Training

Total value (estimated)

  • £20,000,000 excluding VAT
  • £20,000,000 including VAT

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 April 2027 to 1 April 2031
  • Possible extension to 1 April 2033
  • 6 years, 1 day

Main category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 80000000 - Education and training services

Participation

Particular suitability

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
  • Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

1 July 2026


Procedure

Special regime

Light touch

Above or below total value threshold

Above or equal to threshold


Contracting authority

NHS England

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PDPT-3135-BWWY

Wellington House, 133-135 Waterloo Rd

London

SE1 8UG

United Kingdom

Region: UKI45 - Lambeth

Organisation type: Public authority - central government