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Provision of Simulated Patient Actors
Education and training services
Published value
£660,000
Submission deadline 15 Apr 2026, 15:00 BST
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER: "Provision of Simulated Patient Actors". Published status: active. Published value: £660,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 15 Apr 2026, 15:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | Closed 15 Apr 2026, 15:00 BST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | £660,000 |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER
Market Analytics
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Competition Density
3.6Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
OVERBURY PLCTop vendor: 79.1% of attributable valuePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Coverage: 16 active published awards; 5 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
| Supplier Name | Historic Awards | Attributable GBP Value |
|---|---|---|
| OVERBURY PLC | 1 win | £300,000 |
| NORTHERN ELEVATOR LIMITED | 1 win | £79,500 |
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityUNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statusactive | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published11 Mar 2026, 13:12 GMT | Last source update11 Mar 2026, 13:12 GMT | Recurring procurementYes |
ClassificationEducation and training services | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06673c | ||
What is being bought
Lancaster University is inviting tenders for the provision of Simulated Patient Actors to support teaching, training and assessment activities within Lancaster Medical School.
The successful supplier will provide trained actors to participate in simulated clinical scenarios used in medical education, including teaching sessions and formal student assessments such as Objective Structured Clinical Examinations. Actors will be required to portray patients in a range of clinical situations and follow structured case briefs provided by the University.
The contract will support the delivery of high-quality clinical simulation to enhance student learning and assessment within the Medical School.
What changed
From the official release history
- Published value updated to £660,000
11 Mar 2026, 13:12 GMT - Status changed to active
11 Mar 2026, 13:12 GMT - Official notice release published
11 Mar 2026, 13:12 GMT - Submission deadline changed to 15 Apr 2026, 15:00 BST
11 Mar 2026, 13:12 GMT - Buyer information updated
11 Mar 2026, 13:12 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedactivePublished value£660,000The source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
11 Mar 2026, 13:12 GMT - Submission deadline
15 Apr 2026, 15:00 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published |
ContractsNo contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER
Contracting authority GB-COH-RC000657Documents (4)
Official links; attachments are not copied
- 11 Mar 2026, 13:12 GMT
Related procedures (0)
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationalePrior to commencing the procurement, the contracting authority undertook limited informal market engagement with two suppliers to better understand the market and inform the development of the specification and procurement approach.
This engagement did not constitute a formal preliminary market engagement exercise and therefore a preliminary market engagement notice was not published. |
Procedure rationaleNot published |