Unknown tender

Award of tender to appoint a supplier to deliver the Suspected Cancer Pathway Improvement Project

Details

Topic
Health training services
Published
30 July 2024

Tender description

NWSSP Procurement Services hosted by Velindre NHS Trust has awarded a contract for NHS Wales Executive's Improvement Cymru Directorate, appointing a supplier to deliver a programme of work which uses the lean foundations of the Toyota Production System (TPS), or an equivalent model using the same principles of lean methodology. The aim of this work is to improve efficiency in the cancer pathway i.e. optimise systems and processes in the first 28 days that a patient is on a suspected cancer pathway in order to increase the number of patients who receive a diagnosis of cancer or not. The continued development of the programme will ensure continuity and constancy pan Wales in delivering improvements in practice which reduce variation, backlog, re-work and increase reliability in the cancer pathways across NHS Wales.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published30 July 2024
    Current notice

About the buyer

NHS Wales - Shared Services Partnership is hosted by Velindre NHS Trust and buys as a healthcare body for every health board and trust in Wales through its Procurement Services division. Tenders are advertised on Sell2Wales and run through the eTenderWales portal. Frameworks cover capital equipment, pharmaceuticals, clinical supplies, food, utilities, maintenance, IT and the commissioning of healthcare services. Local procurement teams work with each health board alongside sourcing, supply chain and accounts payable teams. Where appropriate, tenders are split into smaller lots so SMEs can bid.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of NHS Wales - Shared Services Partnership's contract awards have been in health and social work, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and repair and maintenance.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 80561000 · Health training services

AI insights

  • Is there a preferred supplier?
  • What are the buyers pain points?
  • What has the buyer previously procured?
  • What are the key requirements?
Sign-up to enrich

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Contact nameJob titlePhone numberWork email
Head of Procurement+44 •••• ••••••
Commercial Director+44 •••• ••••••
Procurement Manager+44 •••• ••••••
Category Lead+44 •••• ••••••
Senior Buyer+44 •••• ••••••
Contracts Manager+44 •••• ••••••

17 similar open tenders

See more open tenders related to Award of tender to appoint a supplier to deliver the Suspected Cancer Pathway Improvement Project.

Explore all open tenders

Related topics

Topics related to Award of tender to appoint a supplier to deliver the Suspected Cancer Pathway Improvement Project, ranked by notice volume.

View all topics
TopicCountValue
  1. 44,608
    £7.6tn

Win more public sector contracts

Track every UK and Ireland tender in one place — set up alerts, find decision-makers, and never miss an opportunity.