Lead Employer Services within the North East Locality
Details
- Buyer
- NHS England
- Value
- £3,560,795.66
- Topic
- Administrative educational services
- Published
- 13 January 2026
- Submission
- 13 February 2026
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
Following an above threshold Open Procedure Process NHS England has awarded a contract to Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust for the Delivery of Lead Employer Services within the North East region. The maximum length of the agreement will be 8 years. The initial term of the agreement will be for 3 years, with optional extensions of 2 years + 2 years + 1 year.
Timeline
- Completed: Tender published13 January 2026Current notice
- Completed: Submission date13 February 2026
About the buyer
NHS England runs the NHS in England, and buys as a central healthcare organisation with its own team of procurement professionals. Every tender is advertised on Atamis, the NHS's single eCommercial system, and larger contracts appear on Find a Tender. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements and the Crown Commercial Service. Clinical services are commissioned directly or through the Provider Selection Regime. Seven regional teams support the commissioning of healthcare services across the country. The central commercial function that develops procurement strategy for the whole NHS sits here.
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 England's contract awards have been in education and training, health and social work, and IT services.
Relevant CPV codes
- 75121000 · Administrative educational services
- 79000000 · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 79420000 · Management-related services
- 80000000 · Education and training services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-england.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-england.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-england.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-england.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-england.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-england.gov |
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