QMS Strategic Partner

Buyer
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Value
£3,000,000
Closes
1 December 2026
Where
Basildon, the East of England
Type
Open tender

In plain English

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust wants to hire a strategic improvement partner to help design, set up and embed a trust-wide Quality Management System, which is a set of organised processes for monitoring and improving how the organisation works. The partner would also build the trust's own improvement skills and leadership capability so that staff can sustain the approach after the contract ends.

What the buyer wants

• Support the co-design, implementation and embedding of an organisation-wide Quality Management System • Build the trust's improvement capability and develop its leadership • Transfer skills to trust staff so the approach can be sustained over time

Requirements

What could rule a small business out (our reading of the notice, written with AI): The notice sets out no specific eligibility criteria, but its £3 million value and organisation-wide scope would most likely favour larger consultancies or partnerships able to deliver across an entire NHS trust.

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How to bid

This is an open tender: any eligible business can respond directly to the buyer by the deadline, with no framework membership needed.

Where to apply

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