NHS Midlands Learning and Development Tender Notice
Summary
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit has published a transparency notice for a direct award contract for learning and development services. The contract, valued at £63,890 excluding VAT, will be awarded to Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust for one year, commencing April 1, 2026.
What changed
This notice announces the NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit's intention to directly award a contract for learning and development services to Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (on behalf of NHS Elect). The contract, valued at £63,890 excluding VAT, is for a duration of one year, from April 1, 2026, to March 31, 2027. This is a below-threshold contract awarded without competition, signaling the intention to direct award.
This notice serves as a transparency measure for a direct award procurement. Regulated entities involved in public procurement, particularly those within the healthcare sector, should note the details of this award. While this specific notice does not impose new obligations on external parties, it highlights a procurement process and award within the NHS. The earliest date the contract can be signed is March 23, 2026.
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- NHS MIDLANDS AND LANCASHIRE COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT UK5: Transparency notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types
Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-020329
Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-066406
Published 6 March 2026, 12:12pm
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Description
NHS Elect are an national NHS organisation that helps individuals, teams and organisations in health and care by providing training and learning opportunities through on line webinar, enhanced learning programmes and bespoke interventions, tailored to organisational/team needs. It is a membership organisation and over 150 NHS organisations are members including the group of CSUs.
This is a continuation of the group CSU initiative with ML as the contract lead.
This is a fixed fee contract. The contract is below threshold and this transparency notice is signaling our intention to direct award a contract to this provider for 1 year. The contract will provide services to 4 Commissioning Support Units.
Contract 1
Supplier
Contract value
- £63,890 excluding VAT
- £76,668 including VAT Below the relevant threshold
Earliest date the contract will be signed
23 March 2026
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027
- 1 year
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
Education and training services
Contract locations
- UKC - North East (England)
- UKD - North West (England)
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
- UKH - East of England
- UKI - London
- UKJ - South East (England)
- UKK - South West (England)
Procedure
Procedure type
Below threshold - without competition
Supplier
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (on behalf of NHS Elect)
Ground Floor, East Acrow
London
W2 1NY
United Kingdom
Email: jey@nhselect.org.uk
Region: UKI32 - Westminster
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Contract 1
Contracting authority
NHS MIDLANDS AND LANCASHIRE COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT
- NHS Organisation Data Service: 0CX
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PGTM-4634-DGZQ Bennett House, Town Road
Stoke-on-Trent
ST1 2QB
United Kingdom
Email: mlcsu.procurement@nhs.net
Region: UKG23 - Stoke-on-Trent
Organisation type: Public authority - central government
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