QMS Strategic Partner

The Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Strategic Improvement Partner to co-design, implement, and embed an organization-wide Quality Management System (QMS). The scope of work focuses on enhancing improvement capability, leadership development, and ensuring sustainable skills transfer. This three-year engagement is estimated to run from April 1, 2027, to March 31, 2030, with a total estimated value of 3,000,000 GBP excluding VAT. Performance will take place across various regions, including Essex, the East of England, and parts of London, Hertfordshire, and Suffolk. The procurement follows a competitive flexible procedure, utilizing a written technical evaluation where the top three scoring candidates will advance to a presentation evaluation. Award criteria are weighted at 70 percent for technical quality and 30 percent for commercial price. The solicitation is open to small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) as well as voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSE). Interested parties must submit tenders in English via the Atamis portal by the deadline of December 1, 2026, at 12:00pm.