Awarded contract

C002180 NHS Scotland Finance Academy Delivery Partner

Details

Buyer: NHS National Services Scotland
Supplier(s): Deloitte LLP
Value: £1,468,296
Topic: Education and training services
Published: 24 August 2026
Source: uk:public_contracts_scotland

Tender description

The Common Services Agency is seeking to appoint an external partner to provide support to NHS Scotland’s finance community through the development of the NHS Scotland Finance Academy (the Academy). The partner will assist in upskilling and developing NHS Scotland’s finance professionals through structured training, leaderships skills, technology advancements and wider engagement support. NHS Scotland aims to work towards a strategic and value adding finance profession, ultimately improving both recruitment and retention. Lot 1: The Common Services Agency is seeking to appoint an external partner to provide support to NHS Scotland’s finance community through the development of the NHS Scotland Finance Academy (the Academy). The partner will assist in upskilling and developing NHS Scotland’s finance professionals through structured training, leaderships skills, technology advancements and wider engagement support. NHS Scotland aims to work towards a strategic and value adding finance profession, ultimately improving both recruitment and retention.

Timeline

Completed: Award date24 June 2026
Completed: Award published24 August 2026
Current notice

About the buyer

NHS National Services Scotland is a national healthcare body serving NHS Scotland, and its National Procurement arm is Scotland's largest procurement organisation. Tenders are advertised on Public Contracts Scotland under the buyer name Common Services Agency. Suppliers apply for those tenders to get onto a national framework. Each contract record on the register names the framework, its dates, the winning suppliers and the National Procurement contract owner. The National Distribution Service then delivers stock to hospital wards and community centres across NHS Scotland. Innovative products can be submitted through an online innovation portal.

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 National Services Scotland's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, IT services and transport 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-national-services-scotland.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-national-services-scotland.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-national-services-scotland.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-national-services-scotland.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-national-services-scotland.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-national-services-scotland.gov