Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Nursing And Midwifery Council · UK Health Care Regulator
- Supplier
- The Quality Assurance Agency SME
- Value
- £7,170,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Sector
- Education & training · Education and training services (CPV 80000000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Apr 2024
- Published25 Nov 2025Published 580 days after the contract date
Description
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as the Contracting Authority wishes to establish a potential contract with a third-party delivery partner to undertake Quality Assurance of educational institutions across the UK on their behalf to ensure protection of the public. Quality Assurance (QA) of education is one of the key regulatory activities of the NMC. It gives us the confidence that education institutions are meeting our standards for education and training. This helps us to know that students who have successfully completed an approved programme are meeting the standards of proficiency that we require before they join our register and deliver safe, kind and effective care - it's one of the ways we fulfil our duty to protect the public. If QA identifies that an education institution isn't meeting our standards, we must take action so the education institution returns to compliance. This will ensure that there is public confidence in our role in nursing, midwifery and nursing asso…
About the supplier
The Quality Assurance Agency: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03344784).