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PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership

NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 14:48.

Opportunity overview

The MNVP will listen to and act upon women, birthing people, family and carer feedback at all stages of the commissioning cycle (see appendix 1) - from needs assessment to contract management. All members are committed to working in partnership and to implementing person-centred care. Person-centred care offers women and birthing people information, choice, and care based on best available evidence, always respecting their choices and human rights. The contract term is initially for 12 months, beginning Wednesday 1 April 2026 with a maximum annual value of £83,000 (excluding VAT). There may be an opportunity to extend this contract by an additional two years, subject to good performance against the contract terms. No responses over this value will be accepted. The NHS LLR ICB will only accept bids that are fully compliant with all the requirements of this specification. Organisations must be members of the LLR ICB VCSE Alliance. Completed application forms must be sent to the Engagement and Insights team at llricb-llr.beinvolved@nhs.net by 11.59pm on Wednesday 14 January 2026.

Classification

  • CPV85000000 — Health and social work services

Lots

  • Lot 1£83k

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
MNVP2627
Status
active
Above Threshold
No
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
How to submit
Completed application forms must be sent to the Engagement and Insights team at llricb-llr.beinvolved@nhs.net by 11.59pm on Wednesday 14 January 2026.
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Tender Period

Ends
14 Jan 2026, 23:59

Enquiry period

Ends
9 Jan 2026, 17:00

Special regime

lightTouch

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
notAllowed

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes

Value

Amount
83,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
99,600

Renewal

Description
There may be an opportunity to extend this contract by an additional two years, subject to good performance against the contract terms.

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Award criteria

Description
Information Governance is assessed on a pass/fail basis through a mandatory competence checklist and must be fully met for an application to proceed. The majority of marks (92%) are allocated to Quality, which covers evidence of approach, expertise, experience, capacity, innovation, communication and engagement, recruitment and retention, and governance. Pricing accounts for 8% of the overall score. Total weighting for Communication, Engagement and Co Design with Women, Patients, and Stakeholders (5 questions) - 34% Total weighting for Evidence of approach, expertise, experience, capacity, capabilities, and innovation (7 questions) - 48% Total weighting for Quality Section - 92% Total weighting for Finance Section - 8% Total weighting - 100%

Contract period

Ends
31 Mar 2027, 23:59
Starts
1 Apr 2026, 00:00
Max Extent Date
31 Mar 2029, 23:59

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Description
You can apply if you are one of the following: • Registered charity. • Constituted Community group. • Company Limited by Guarantee with charitable aims. • Community Interest Companies, Community Interest Organisations. • Social Enterprises (including some Co-operatives). • Parish Council (for non-statutory funded work). • PTAs. • Churches and other religious organisations (if the funded activity is not deemed to be proselytising). Your organisation must have a minimum of three unrelated management committee members (trustees/directors etc.) who are independent and unrelated, and none of whom have more than 50% control. It is also a requirement that you have a minimum of two bank signatories. Your organisation must adhere to the government-issued Charity Commission guidance and Charity purposes and rules. Funding to charitable companies or CIOs is restricted to funding their charitable objectives only. Your organisation must be a member of the LLR ICB VCSE Alliance. You can join the Alliance by emailing llricb-llr.beinvolved@nhs.net Any national charities would need to be able to demonstrate that they have a local branch. This would include a local bank account, finances, and showing how you fundraise and deliver in the local area only. Who Cannot Apply? • We cannot fund individuals. If you are an individual or a family facing difficulties, we recommend that you contact Charity Link on info@charity-link.org or 0116 222 2200. • Private, profit-making businesses, companies (limited by shares), commercial enterprises or sole traders. • Statutory organisations like schools, colleges, academies, universities or local councils (but PTFAs, Parish Councils etc. may apply for projects which benefit the wider community and are non-statutory in nature). • Statutory bodies such as city and county councils or health institutions cannot apply. • National charities (but we may consider locally managed branches benefitting Leicestershire and Rutland communities). • Organisations whose main purpose is to fundraise to re-distribute funds are not eligible. • Faith-based and political organisations, including places of worship, are eligible to apply for funding, for non-religious and non-political activities ONLY, under the following conditions: o Grants must be used for activities that benefit the wider community and are non-religious and non-political in nature. The funded activities should not aim to influence individuals' religious or political choices. Grants cannot be used to support organised religious activities, such as prayer and worship services, or any costs associated with promoting religious or political beliefs. • Organisations demonstrating poor management of previous grants, or poor financial health.

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKF21
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKF22
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Health and social work services

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
A-9493
Format
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
Description
Service Specification
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Entry 2
Id
A-9494
Format
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
Description
Application Form
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Entry 3
Id
A-9625
Format
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
Description
Tender Instructions and Guidance
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Entry 4
Id
086164-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
24 Dec 2025, 14:05

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-NHS-QK1
Name
NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKF22
Country
GB
Locality
Leicester
Postal Code
LE3 8TB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Room G30, Pen Lloyd Building, County Hall, Glenfield

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
QK1
Scheme
GB-NHS

Contact

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PCLY-6219-YPTV
Scheme
GB-PPON
Organisation 2
Id
GB-NHS-0CX
Name
NHS MIDLANDS AND LANCASHIRE COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT
Role Details
Supporting with evaluation of tenders

Roles

procuringEntity
processContactPoint

Address

Region
UKG23
Country
GB
Locality
Stoke-on-Trent
Postal Code
ST1 2QB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Bennett House, Town Road

Identifier

Id
0CX
Scheme
GB-NHS

Contact

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PGTM-4634-DGZQ
Scheme
GB-PPON

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Leicester · UKF22 · LE3 8TB · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKF21 · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKF22 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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