Expired contract

Subscription levy to the Leadership Academy in the North West

Details

Buyer: NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU
Supplier(s): Warrington & Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS FT (on behalf of NHS North West Leadership Academy)
Value: £10,000
Duration: 1 year
Topic: Education and training services
Published: 19 June 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

NHS MLCSU Annual subscription levy to the Leadership Academy in the North West. There is only 1 provider (a membership organisation) who cover this type of service for the NHS. They provide very specific skills for NHS Finance Teams. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period, which begins the day that this notice is published. The standstill period ends at midnight on 1st July 2025 ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published19 June 2025
Current notice
Completed: Award date19 June 2025
Completed: Contract expiry date30 June 2026

About the buyer

NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is an NHS commissioning support unit, a healthcare body with its own healthcare and non-clinical procurement teams. The healthcare procurement team takes NHS commissioners from market research through bid evaluation to contract award. Clinical services are procured under the Provider Selection Regime, including Direct Award C, competitive and Most Suitable Provider processes. Goods and services are bought through tenders and mini-competitions run by senior procurement managers. Suppliers register and respond on the unit's own eSourcing portal. Purchasing processes have held the CIPS Procurement Excellence Standard since 2019.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU's contract awards have been in software and information systems, IT services and communications equipment.

Relevant CPV codes

80000000 · Education and training services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-midlands-and-lancashire-csu.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-midlands-and-lancashire-csu.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-midlands-and-lancashire-csu.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-midlands-and-lancashire-csu.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-midlands-and-lancashire-csu.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-midlands-and-lancashire-csu.gov