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title: "National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre"
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# National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-cancer-audit-collaborating-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-068450). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership: "National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre". Published status: active. Published Value: £23,357,879. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.delta-esourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/healthcare-quality-improvement-partnership-coh-06498947)
- **Published Value:** £23,357,879 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 2 October 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 6 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-cancer-audit-collaborating-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-068450#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-068450`

## 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/national-cancer-audit-collaborating-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-068450#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com%2Frespond%2FEBM6YPVX5U)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-cancer-audit-collaborating-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-068450#participate

## Description
The contract will initially be delivered for NHS-funded care in England and Wales for a period of 3 years, at a maximum total budget of up to £11,145,600 GBP including VAT,
£9,288,000 GBP excluding VAT. Bids exceeding this limit will be rejected. There is potential to extend the contract for up to two additional years at a potential value of
£3,715,200 GBP per year including VAT, £3,096,000 GBP per year excluding VAT.
All pricing submissions must be in regard to this 'core' value, and not inclusive of any extension costs or aspirational intent costs, i.e. Please only submit a cost schedule up to the maximum core value of £11,145,600 GBP including VAT, £9,288,000 GBP excluding VAT.
The maximum budget ‘core’ value excludes the potential two year extension and aspirational intent as described in section 14.4 of Annex A - Service Specification.
Please note, there is no commitment by the Authority at this stage to include any aspirational intent measures. Taking the total of this aspirational intent into account, as well as the possibility that a contract extension may be offered for an additional two years, the potential ceiling value is £28,029,455 GBP including VAT, £23,357,879 GBP excluding VAT
There is also a potential that the contract price will be subject to discretionary inflationary uplifts.
Cancer is a leading cause of mortality, but it is also a leading cause of avoidable mortality in England and Wales. Cancer mortality rates in the UK are much higher than in other, comparable countries and vary greatly between different areas of the country. As part of the effort to improve treatment and outcomes and reduce variation, the National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre (NATCAN) was established and funded by NHS England and the Welsh Government in 2022. The aim was to develop a national centre of expertise which would host the NHS national cancer audits. The audits provide regular and timely evidence to NHS services about where and how patterns of care vary between patients and between hospitals and to support local quality improvement.  
The Centre hosts ten audits, some of which are very well established and others which have been added to the portfolio since NATCAN was established. The audits are for primary breast cancer, metastatic breast cancer, bowel cancer, kidney cancer, lung cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, oesophago-gastric cancer, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer and prostate cancer. 
The funders have decided to recommission the national centre following the initial contract for an additional contract period. The anticipated continued benefits of a national centre for cancer audit delivery include: 
•Consistency and standardisation across audits  
•Flexibility to develop and share specialised resources between audit topics (such as statisticians and data analysts, and patient and public involvement expertise) 
•Enhanced subcontracting power across topics (such as for data visualisation platforms) 
•Consistency and alignment of communi...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-cancer-audit-collaborating-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-068450)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85100000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £23,357,879

- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2027 to 30/09/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F073185-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-03T12:27:42.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T02:48:37.236Z
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