PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

NHSBSA W205525 McCloud Planning and Strategy Support

NHS Business Services Authority · published 20 Jan 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release IDa2430448-bcb7-42e0-a351-5e1040ee8122-879897
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-e00dba6f-1a5d-40f3-9f68-ee95f91eff20
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-329978
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£351,000
award field
Tender value
£351,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
66520000
Pension services
Delivery
Not stated
NE15 8NY
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

This notice is for a direct award for a Senior Operational Readiness Director consultancy role who is required to bring project delivery expertise to support delivery of the strategic Pensions response to current capacity challenges. The contract is being awarded via NHS Shared Business Services framework for Consultancy and Advisory Services for Health under Lot 1 SBS10197; for period of 6 months with a 6 month optional extension.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release20 Jan 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published14 Jan 2026
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published15 Jan 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published15 Jul 2026
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

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Published name only

Grant Thornton UK LLP

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 20 Jan 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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