Awarded contract

POPULATION NEEDS ANALYSIS (2026-2027)

Details

Buyer: NHS Wales - Shared Services Partnership
Supplier(s): Keystream Group
Value: £126,500
Topic: Business and management consultancy and related services
Published: 22 April 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

ABUHB are seeking an extension to the contract of an agency consultant for a further 12-month period to enable the continuation of the Population Needs Assessment work programme currently being undertaken. Additional funding has been confirmed to support this work for the 2026 - 2027 financial year. The Health Board engaged an agency consultant via Keystream Group Limited under the CCS RM6277 framework to deliver the required work programme The consultant has been delivering this programme of work between April 2024 to March 2026. Due to the specialist nature of the work and the need to maintain continuity, knowledge retention, and service stability, the Public Health team has requested that the engagement be extended for a further 12 months. Additional funding has now been secured for the 2026–2027 financial year, enabling the continuation of this work. The Health Board therefore wishes to extend the current contract with Keystream Group Limited via the CCS RM6277 framework, retaining the same consultant to ensure continuity of service delivery and successful completion of the programme objectives Lot 1: ABUHB are seeking an extension to the contract of an agency consultant for a further 12-month period to enable the continuation of the Population Needs Assessment work programme currently being undertaken. Additional funding has been confirmed to support this work for the 2026 - 2027 financial year. The Health Board engaged an agency consultant via Keystream Group Limited under the CCS RM6277 framework to deliver the required work programme The consultant has been delivering this programme of work between April 2024 to March 2026. Due to the specialist nature of the work and the need to maintain continuity, knowledge retention, and service stability, the Public Health team has requested that the engagement be extended for a further 12 months. Additional funding has now been secured for the 2026–2027 financial year, enabling the continuation of this work. The Health Board therefore wishes to extend the current contract with Keystream Group Limited via the CCS RM6277 framework, retaining the same consultant to ensure continuity of service delivery and successful completion of the programme objectives

Timeline

Completed: Award date26 March 2026
Completed: Award published22 April 2026
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

79400000 · Business and management consultancy and related services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-wales-shared-services-partnership.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-wales-shared-services-partnership.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-wales-shared-services-partnership.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-wales-shared-services-partnership.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-wales-shared-services-partnership.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-wales-shared-services-partnership.gov