National Infection and Sepsis Audit – Acute NHS settings

The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership is seeking a provider to deliver a new national clinical audit covering severe infection and sepsis in acute NHS settings across England and Wales.

The National Infection and Sepsis Audit – Acute (NISA-Acute) will initially focus on the early stages of care, benchmarking performance to identify variation and support improvements in the recognition and treatment of severe infection and sepsis.

The initial three-year contract has a maximum core budget of £1,146,300 excluding VAT. Bids exceeding this limit will be rejected. Further extensions and additional workstreams could increase the overall contract ceiling, but these are not guaranteed.

Contract Information

Buyer: Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership
Deadline: 27 October 2026, 12:00pm
Contract Value: £1,146,300 excluding VAT core budget; potential maximum ceiling of £7,490,505 excluding VAT
Delivery Length: 3 years from 1 April 2027, with an option to extend by up to 2 years
Tender Link: Delta eSourcing
Reference: 1025879250

Evaluation Criteria

The tender is predominantly quality-led, covering data acquisition, data quality and use, programme governance, patient and carer involvement, healthcare improvement, provider engagement, leadership, information governance and risk management.

Social Value: 10%
Price: 5%

The contract establishes a new national audit programme intended to support improvements in severe infection and sepsis care across acute NHS services in England and Wales.

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