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AwardedAwarded 11 August 2026

DHSC : Global & Public Health: National SRbPA Support Scheme

Department of Health & Social Care · NHS and health

In brief

Department of Health & Social Care awarded training and education work to Population Health Ltd on 11 August 2026.

The notice gives a value of £151,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 3 years, up to 5 years with extensions, starting 18 May 2026.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

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What the notice says

An increased number of public health specialists are required to deliver effective public health interventions, which are required as part of the shift to prevention under the 10 Year Health Plan, especially in Local Authorities where there are significant vacancies for roles that require specialist registration. There are few options to fill these posts aside from expensive agency staff who have mixed effectiveness or recruiting one of c.75 newly registered specialists each year. One route to increase the number of public health specialists is to increase the numbers of candidates achieving specialist registration through portfolio assessment (SRbPA), which enables those working at senior level and with significant experience in public health to achieve specialist registration. Increasing the numbers of specialists via this route can support local authorities to ‘grow their own’ specialists and fill vacancies in areas, which are not at

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Population Health Ltd (SME)
3 bids received
£150,495
11 August 2026 to 11 August 2029
Population Health Ltd (SME)
3 bids received
£150,495
Awarded 16 June 2026

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 084242-2025
  2. Tender notice · UK4, notice 027441-2026
  3. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 056609-2026
  4. Contract details notice · UK7, notice 084962-2026

Last time this was bought

DHSC: OHID: IPS Technical Support, Accredited Training 26-29 - Lot 2

Awarded
3 March 2026
Value
Not stated, or split across lots
Contract ends
31 March 2029

Matched on Department of Health & Social Care, the type of work and the title; it may be a related contract rather than the same one. Check the notice to be sure.

About the buyer

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From notice 084242-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 18 December 2025, last updated 8 September 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.