How to win: Digital Diabetes Prevention and Primary Hypertension Programme

About this contract

NHS Scotland intends to establish a national Framework Agreement for the provision of a Digital Diabetes Prevention and Primary Hypertension Programme. The programme will support individuals identified as being at risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes and/or those diagnosed with primary hypertension, through the delivery of evidence-based, digitally enabled lifestyle and behaviour change interventions. The Authority intends to appoint a single supplier to a national Framework Agreement. The procurement will be conducted using a Restricted Procedure, comprising a Selection Stage and an Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage. Suppliers will be shortlisted following evaluation of their suitability, technical and professional capability, capacity and relevant experience, with a maximum of five suppliers invited to submit a tender.

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland) scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £4,800,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 24 September 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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