Maternal, Newborn and Infant Clinical Outcome Review Programme / Perinatal Mortality Review Tool

the Maternal Newborn and Infant Clinical Outcome Review Programme (MNI Corp) and the Perinatal Mortality Review Tool (PMRT) are going to be amalgamated into one contract.
Currently MNI Corp is delivered for publicly-funded care in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man, and PMRT is delivered for NHS-funded care in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland.
Due to the amalgamation of the projects the name of the project may change from premarket engagement to the tender going live.
The initial contract is anticipated to be for a period of 3 years, at a maximum total budget of up to £4,470,624 excl VAT and 5,364,748.80 with VAT. Bids exceeding this limit will be rejected. Due to the unknowns in advance of holding the premarket engagement session, it is currently expected that the extension value will be a 2 year pro rata of the core 3 year funding, estimated at £2,982,416 excluding VAT.
There is potential to include other Devolved Nations and/or Crown Dependencies, and aspirational measures (which will be defined in the service specification).
In the UK, maternity care is generally safe and the vast majority of women and babies experience positive outcomes. However, when things go wrong, the impact can be devastating, and the death of a mother or baby during pregnancy, birth or the postnatal period is a life-changing event for families.
Around 200 women a year will die during pregnancy or in the year following pregnancy from causes related to or aggravated by pregnancy. Although maternal mortality in the UK remains relatively low, the maternal mortality rate in the UK exceeds that of many European counterparts. Significant inequalities also persist, with maternal mortality rates remaining disproportionately higher among some ethnic minority groups and women living in areas of greater deprivation.
In relation to perinatal mortality (stillbirths and neonatal deaths) thousands of families across the UK are affected...