How to win: Strategic Commissioning Development Programme 26/27 & 27/28

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NOTICE UPDATE This notice has been updated to reflect 3 changes: 1. To invite you to take part in a survey, which can be accessed at the following link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=slTDN7CF9UeyIge0jXdO48SOvXw2z_VOmkU53XebJU1URElCQzVXV1VOT05EMFpON0VLM09FQVc1Ni4u&route=shorturl 2. To extend the deadline for response to 22 May 2026. 3. To update the estimated value of the contract to £9,300,000 (excl VAT) Delivering the NHS 10-Year Plan depends fundamentally on restoring and strengthening commissioning. It will require commissioners with the capability, authority and confidence to reshape services, challenge existing models of provision and use every lever to drive change ICBs are now stewards of over £130 billion of NHS funding, with an average system responsible for around £5 billion each year. This unprecedented scale, coupled with the new multi-year planning and financial framework, provides a renewed opportunity to manage risk differently; to pool resources, shift investment upstream, and reshape local markets. NHS England want to establish a national Strategic Commissioning Development Programme (SCDP) for 2026/27–2027/28 and this notice is to highli

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — NHS England scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £9,300,000, 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: deadlines are tight and a strong bid takes iteration.

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