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DHSC: OLS: Flagship Research Leadership Scheme Administration

DHSC, London · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

The Addiction Healthcare Goals (AHG) programme, led by the Office for Life Sciences, is aiming to make the UK a place where researchers and industry in addiction healthcare can thrive and partner effectively with NHS and Third Sector treatment providers to design, research and deploy innovative treatments and technologies which effectively tackle the challenges of drug and alcohol addictions, saving and improving the lives of those affected, and reducing the harms to the individual, their family and friends, and wider society. One key area of focus for the AHG programme to fulfil this aim is to grow UK-wide research leadership capacity to develop and deploy innovations. The Department is looking for a supplier that is able to administer a targeted research leadership career development scheme to award funding to individuals to commence or continue training and career development towards becoming national research leaders.

Classification

  • CPV72224000 — Project management consultancy services
  • CPV75100000 — Administration services
  • CPV75112000 — Administrative services for business operations
  • CPV75130000 — Supporting services for the government
  • CPV79000000 — Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
  • CPV79212000 — Auditing services
  • CPV79212400 — Fraud audit services
  • CPV79340000 — Advertising and marketing services
  • CPV79341400 — Advertising campaign services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
C358840
Status
planning
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
022373-2025
Description
Error on the maximum extension date
Entry 2
Id
022407-2025
Description
Length of contract should be 36 months with option to extend for further 36 months. Correctio of dates to reflect this.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
16 Jun 2025, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning
Has Renewal
Yes

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Ends
17 Aug 2028, 23:59
Starts
18 Aug 2025, 00:00
Max Extent Date
17 Aug 2031, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
75100000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Administration services
Entry 2
Id
72224000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Project management consultancy services
Entry 3
Id
79000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Entry 4
Id
79341400
Scheme
CPV
Description
Advertising campaign services
Entry 5
Id
75130000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Supporting services for the government
Entry 6
Id
75112000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Administrative services for business operations
Entry 7
Id
79212000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Auditing services
Entry 8
Id
79212400
Scheme
CPV
Description
Fraud audit services
Entry 9
Id
79340000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Advertising and marketing services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
022368-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
16 May 2025, 16:15
Entry 2
Id
022373-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
16 May 2025, 16:22
Entry 3
Id
022407-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
16 May 2025, 19:25

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
6 Jun 2025, 23:59
Description
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is seeking a supplier to administer a career development scheme to award funding to support research training and career development positions, including relevant post-doctoral roles, PhDs, and MScs conducted with a suitable UK institution. This is not a call for competition, but an opportunity to gather feedback to better understand market capabilities, refine the procurement strategy, and encourage supplier engagement. Interested parties can access the relevant documents via the Atamis system at https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome using the contract reference. Suppliers may also submit the completed questionnaire through Atamis but must be registered on the system to do so. Alternatively, questionnaires can be submitted by email to ccsinbox@dhsc.gov.uk, quoting “AHG – Flagship Research Leadership Scheme Administration”

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PMQG-9965-CHZR
Name
DHSC, London

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKI32
Country
GB
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1H 0EU
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
39 Victoria Street

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
PMQG-9965-CHZR
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Julia Estruga - Commercial Lead

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1H 0EU · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05163f-2025-05-16T19:25:04+01:00Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·