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NHS Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression - RFI
NHS England · NHS and health
In brief
NHS England has announced plans to buy training and education work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
The estimated value is £125,000,000 excluding VAT.
The contract runs for 3 years, up to 4 years with extensions, starting 1 April 2027.
The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
Can I win this?
Competition
Typical: a median of 4 bids per contract for this buyer (from 117 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
NHS England intends to procure the education and training programmes for the NHS Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression services in 2026. This will be a competitive tender conducted in line with the Procurement Act 2023. This will provide the education and training infrastructure required to develop and grow NHS Talking Therapies workforce to support NHS England’s, and consequently DHSC’s current and future policy ambitions and mandates. This is a pre-market engagement exercise containing questions for the NHS Talking Therapies education provider market. The questions are intended to help inform the procurement and ensure it is feasible and meets the needs of NHS England, learners,…Read the full description
NHS England intends to procure the education and training programmes for the NHS Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression services in 2026. This will be a competitive tender conducted in line with the Procurement Act 2023. This will provide the education and training infrastructure required to develop and grow NHS Talking Therapies workforce to support NHS England’s, and consequently DHSC’s current and future policy ambitions and mandates.
This is a pre-market engagement exercise containing questions for the NHS Talking Therapies education provider market. The questions are intended to help inform the procurement and ensure it is feasible and meets the needs of NHS England, learners, and service providers. Your responses will be treated as confidential and will not influence any subsequent bid you may choose to submit.
The tender is anticipated to be published in late 2026. Further communications and details on what, how, and when the procurement will be conducted will be shared with potential bidders nearer the time through additional market engagement, prior to the publication of the Invitation to Tender (ITT).
To respond to this Request for Information - please register on our procurement portal https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome and search for C452155. There you will find a Request for Information document which can downloaded, completed and submitted via the portal.
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 054201-2026
About the buyer
NHS EnglandLast 12 months
Procurements
1187Awards
476Suppliers it has used most for training
- The University of Birmingham5 contracts
- University of Manchester5 contracts
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust4 contracts
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust3 contracts
- Genius Within CIC3 contracts
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From notice 054201-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 9 June 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.