Awarded contract

NSS10125 UKAS accreditation for audiology clinical services

Details

Value
£78,051
Topic
System quality assurance assessment and review services
Published
8 January 2026

Tender description

quality assurance and risk management and a ‘Once for Scotland’ approach is being taken to procure UKAS services for all boards to obtain IQIPS accreditation. Lot 1: Direct award due to the absence of competition for technical reasons to UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) as the only recognised provider of the IQIPS (Improving Quality in Physiological Services) accreditation scheme across the UK under Regulation 33(1)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published8 January 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date8 January 2026

About the buyer

NHS National Services Scotland is a national healthcare body serving NHS Scotland, and its National Procurement arm is Scotland's largest procurement organisation. Tenders are advertised on Public Contracts Scotland under the buyer name Common Services Agency. Suppliers apply for those tenders to get onto a national framework. Each contract record on the register names the framework, its dates, the winning suppliers and the National Procurement contract owner. The National Distribution Service then delivers stock to hospital wards and community centres across NHS Scotland. Innovative products can be submitted through an online innovation portal.

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 National Services Scotland's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, IT services and transport equipment.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 72225000 · System quality assurance assessment and review services

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