Minimum standards for patients and carers on an NHS waiting list.
Details
- Supplier(s)
- IPSOS MORI UK LIMITED
- Value
- £93,441
- Duration
- 4 months
- Topic
- Project management consultancy services
- Published
- 23 April 2026
- Source
- uk:contracts_finder
Tender description
Conduct activities for the engagement (Phase 1) of the 'Minimum standards for patients and carers on an NHS waiting list' project. These include: liaising with the Strategy Unit and the client (NHS England); managing recruitment of patients and carers (including young people and their parents) who have been on/ are currently on an NHS waiting list against agreed sampling criteria; scheduling all interviews; conducting approx. 55 of 125 interviews; providing weekly updates on recruitment, scheduling and interview progress (and flagging any risks); holding a fieldwork team briefing for topic guide orientation and analysis sessions; transcribing audio recordings of interviews; conducting thematic analysis of all interview transcripts (conducted by the SU and Ipsos); providing a written insights report of findings from interviews with patients and carers (including young people and their parents).
Timeline
- Completed: Award date1 October 2025
- Completed: Contract expiry date31 January 2026
- Completed: Award published23 April 2026Current notice
About the buyer
NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is an NHS commissioning support unit, a healthcare body with its own healthcare and non-clinical procurement teams. The healthcare procurement team takes NHS commissioners from market research through bid evaluation to contract award.
Clinical services are procured under the Provider Selection Regime, including Direct Award C, competitive and Most Suitable Provider processes. Goods and services are bought through tenders and mini-competitions run by senior procurement managers.
Over the past 5 years, most of NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU's contract awards have been in software and information systems, IT services and communications equipment.
Relevant CPV codes
- 72224000 · Project management consultancy services
Decision makers
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| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-midlands-and-lancashire-csu.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-midlands-and-lancashire-csu.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-midlands-and-lancashire-csu.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-midlands-and-lancashire-csu.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-midlands-and-lancashire-csu.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-midlands-and-lancashire-csu.gov |
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