Contract for the supply of preparing materials, data collection and analysis and participant recruitment and interviewing, to support the delivery of the New Medicines Service evaluation for NHS England and DHSC

NHS MIDLANDS AND LANCASHIRE COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNITcontractContracts FinderRef MLCSU - 1703 838030216SME suitableVCSE suitablecomplete
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Estimated value

£29k

Awarded value

£29k

Awarded 07 Aug 2025

Suppliers

1

Lots

1

1 awarded

Published

24 Apr 2026

Deadline 04 Aug 2025

Description

psos will recruit and carry out semi-structured interviews with patients involved in the New Medicines Service (NMS) (the subject of this evaluation). A mix of patients who have both used the NMS, and those eligible who have declined, and also from a mix of geographies, will be recruited. These interviews will be conducted remotely and patients will be offered a financial incentive to support their participation (paid for as part of this agreement). Ipsos will analyse and write-up the findings from these interviews (to a content plan agreed with the Strategy Unit) to be included in a client report delivered in December 2025

Scope

Reference
MLCSU - 1703 838030216
Total value
£29,000 excluding VAT
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
10 Aug 2025 to 31 Dec 2025
CPV classifications
72224000
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Submission & procedure

Submission deadline
04 Aug 2025, 4:00 pm

Award details

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

£29k

Award date

07 Aug 2025

Contract start

10 Aug 2025

Contract end

31 Dec 2025

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