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# Cytosponge Evaluation partner

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cytosponge-evaluation-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-0296b7). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS England: "Cytosponge Evaluation partner". Published status: active. Planned Pipeline Value: £800,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 3 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: health.atamis.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NHS England](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-england-gov-pb481)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £800,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 3 March 2021 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Evaluation consultancy services, Market and economic research; polling and statistics
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0296b7`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cytosponge-evaluation-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-0296b7#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [health.atamis.co.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealth.atamis.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cytosponge-evaluation-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-0296b7#participate

## Description
NHS England and NHS Improvement is looking to award a contract to a national Evaluator (the “Evaluator”) to comprehensively evaluate the Cytosponge programme.  The requirements are:i)	to review the proposed evaluation questions for the impact, process and economic evaluations (and determine an agreed methodology to meet the evaluation requirements including the identification of a suitable counterfactual and economic analysis, ii)	to establish processes that enable sites to report data on an agreed dataset to the Evaluator,iii)	to submit monthly management data on programme activity and quarterly and annual progress reports to the NHS Cancer Programme Management team on programme delivery and;iv)	to collate and interpret data to provide a full impact, process, and economic evaluation.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79300000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £800,000
- **Description:** OJEU Open tender
- **Contract Period:** 30/04/2021 to 31/03/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F003919-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-02-26T14:40:08.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T13:54:21.057Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0296b7