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NHS England

Return to Practice Test of Competence Preparation Programme

EducationCPV 80000000
Value£4.8m
Deadline31 Jul 2026
Published2 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 2 Jul 20267 days leftCloses 31 Jul 2026
Who to contact
WTE Commercial Queries
england.commercialqueries@nhs.net

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£4.8mtotal contract value
median £84k
this tender£0£5.2m

This is a large award for Education & Training — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 23,516 valued Education & Training tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

NHS England is running an Open Procurement Process for the Delivery of the Return to Practice Test of Competence Preparation Programme.

The maximum end date of any agreement will be 31/3/2030.

The initial term of the agreement will be for 2 years.

The maximum value of any awarded agreement will be £4,800,000 exc.

VAT.

The deadline for submission of completed ITT submissions is 31st July 2026 at 12:00pm (midday).

Late submissions will not be accepted therefore, please submit in good time prior to the deadline date and time.

The Contracting Authority requests that all communications are channelled through the e-portal system and not with the Contracting Authority itself other than as expressly permitted within this ITT.

Further information relating to this project can be found on the NHSE e-tendering portal at the link below.

All clarification questions and submission bids must be received via this portal only.

Registration is free of charge. https://health-family-contract-search.secure.force.com/?SearchType=Projects

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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All clarification questions and submission bids must

All clarification questions and submission bids must be received via this portal only.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

2540 daysof bid-team effort
£17.1k£27.4kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£10m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b9c6
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
062360-2026
View the original notice on Find a Tender

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

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