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NHS England

Coaching services for trainee doctors, dentists and pharmacists

EducationCPV 80000000
Value£36k
Deadline20 Aug 2026
Published30 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 30 Jul 202620 days leftCloses 20 Aug 2026
Who to contact
england.workforcecommercialteam@nhs.net

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at: Phone: 0800 9956035 E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£36ktotal contract value
median £84k
this tender£0£2.4m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Education & Training band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 23,516 valued Education & Training tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

This project is to provide time‑limited, structured 1:1 support to help doctors, dentists and pharmacists in training clarify goals, develop insight, and make practical, sustainable changes in how they approach challenges in training and work via the Professional Support and Wellbeing (PSW) service in the East of England (EoE). .

Coaching is to be delivered by a contracted external coaching provider and is arranged by PSW as part of an agreed support plan.

Contract length is 36 months.

The maximum financial envelope for this tender is £36,000 exc.

VAT.

The deadline for submission of completed ITQ submissions is 20th August 2026 at 12:00pm (midday).

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

All communications should be made via the messaging function on the e-Tendering portal during the tender exercise.

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 ITQ.

Further information relating to this project can be found at 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

01

Coaching is to be delivered by

Coaching is to be delivered by a contracted external coaching provider and is arranged by PSW as part of an agreed support plan.

02

All communications should be made via

All communications should be made via the messaging function on the e-Tendering portal during the tender exercise.

03

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

59 daysof bid-team effort
£3.4k£6.2kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the under £100k 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-06d744
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
072045-2026
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