Published date: 3 June 2025

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Awarded contract (published 6 June 2025)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£4,725,722.74

Procurement reference

CF-3052600D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

3 June 2025

Closing date

31 August 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 September 2023

Contract end date

31 August 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

NHS Health Education England (HEE - the Commissioner) commenced a tender for the provision of Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.

Health Education England seek to procure provider/s to support each Lot for educational provision of taught Clinical Psychology Doctorate programmes to meet the needs for clinical psychology workforce to support delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan from 2023.

The aim was to support the future sustainability and expansion of the NHS clinical psychology workforce, support the achievement of the NHS Long Term Plan ambitions, ensure transparency and achieve a nationally consistent approach.


More information

Additional text

NHS Health Education England (HEE - the Commissioner) commenced a tender a tender for the provision of Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.

Health Education England seek to procure provider/s to support each Lot for educational provision of taught Clinical Psychology Doctorate programmes to meet the needs for clinical psychology workforce to support delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan from 2023.

The aim was to support the future sustainability and expansion of the NHS clinical psychology workforce, support the achievement of the NHS Long Term Plan ambitions, ensure transparency and achieve a nationally consistent approach.

To support the delivery of the tuition and quality assurance of a three year clinical psychology taught clinical doctorate will support in equipping trainees to be caring, empathic and skilled clinical psychologists, who offer services that are sensitive to patients, their families and their carers' needs. Training should prepare practitioners to take account of patient preferences and choices, and to offer the best service to patients, their families and carers' who may be experiencing high levels of distress.

The contract period will be for 36 months with option for extension for additional 24 months (12+12 months) The maximum value of the contract was published as £205,200,000.00.

All figures are Exclusive of VAT.


Award information

Awarded date

31 August 2023

Contract start date

1 September 2023

Contract end date

31 August 2026

Total value of contract

£4,725,722.74

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

University of Nottingham

Address

University Park
Nottingham NG7 2RD

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Commercial Team

Address

NHS England
London
SE1 8UG
United Kingdom

Email

workforcecommercialteam@hee.nhs.uk