Official UK procurement notice
Clinical Assessment Skills (CAS) training for Pharmacist Prescribers
Procurement agent: Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)·On behalf of: Velindre University NHS Trust
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionHealth Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) seeks to commission an organisation to deliver a rolling programme of face-to-face Clinical Assessment Skills (CAS) training for both novice and existing workforce qualified IPs, irrespective of sector of practice.
This requirement is split into three lots:
Lot 1 - North Wales
Lot 2 - South East Wales
Lot 3 - South West Wales
The commissioned provider will deliver a rolling programme of between 3-4 full days per region CAS sessions per year across 3–4 key clinical areas, with one session per clinical topic delivered in each geographical region. Each session will accommodate up to a maximum of 15 learners with a minimum of 8 learners attending to run a session. HEIW reserve the right to cancel any planned events with less than 8 learners registered, 7-10 days prior to the session date.
CPV: Education and training services
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value (£100,000 together)Lot #1North WalesRenewalPublished value£33,333
Clinical Assessment Skills training for pharmacy prescribers for North Wales
Lot #2South East WalesRenewalPublished value£33,333
Clinical Assessment Skills training for pharmacy prescribers for South East Wales.
Lot #3South West WalesRenewalPublished value£33,333
Clinical Assessment Skills training for pharmacy prescribers for South West Wales.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Sept 2026, 15:33 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Sept 2026, 15:33 BST
- Authority reference
HEIW-FTS-62767- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-085022- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f4dcFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 13 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 6 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
8 Sept 2026 → 1 Mar 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published47 days ago8 Sept 2026, 15:33 BST
- Clarification questions by19 days ago6 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
- Submission deadline13 days ago13 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 126 days1 Mar 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published8 Sept 2026, 15:33 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeClients of the procurement agent
- Velindre University NHS TrustBeneficiary authority
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Procuring entityManaging the procurement
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications All tender documents can be found on the eTenderWales portal. The ITT code is itt_126953
- Technical specifications All tender documents can be found on the eTenderWales portal. The ITT code is itt_126953
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender