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# Senior Technical Architect

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/senior-technical-architect-ocds-h6vhtk-032ee7). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Cardiff and Vale University Health Board: "Senior Technical Architect". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £2,500,000,000. 7 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 21 Nov 2022, 15:00 GMT. Published submission portal: crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Cardiff and Vale University Health Board](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cardiff-vale-university-health-board-nhs-7a4)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £2,500,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 21 November 2022 at 15:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 7
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Personnel services except placement and supply services, Placement services of office-support personnel, Placement services of personnel, Recruitment services, Supply services of commercial or industrial workers (+2 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKL22
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/senior-technical-architect-ocds-h6vhtk-032ee7#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-032ee7`

## Before you bid
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- **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/senior-technical-architect-ocds-h6vhtk-032ee7#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcrowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/senior-technical-architect-ocds-h6vhtk-032ee7#participate

## Description
This contract is an extension to the current Senior Technical Architect contract, which expires 31st July 2026. As this contract will now exceed 25k GBP, a POR and RFA are required. This extension will be procured as a new appointment (direct award to Hays through CCS) to cover the full period from August to September via the Non Clinical Staffing Framework (CCS), Lot 3: IT Professionals to ensure compliance.
New requirements have arisen from the MHCS Next Data Migration Strategy (only concluded in March 2026), the delivery of which rests on the procurement of the Senior Technical Architect who will be responsible for leading on workshops focused specifically on the following outputs:
Cohort mapping
The MHCS Next Data Migration Strategy developed in March 2026 determined that it will not be possible to transition services to the new EPR in a ‘big bang’ approach but there will instead require a phased approach of groups or ‘cohorts’ of services. The project requires guidance around how services, pathways, data and users will be organised into migration cohorts to ensure the migration is delivered safely and without disrupting clinical or operational processes as well as rationale for rollout order to be developed.
Data scope
CAV UHB has built a highly tailored Paris environment over more than two decades, with extensive configurations, custom workflows and more than 1,700 Crystal Reports created to meet operational, clinical and reporting needs. It is necessary to determine which data will be migrated to the new system(s), and which data will be archived as well as how data will be accessed. This determination requires the involvement of clinical and other key stakeholders in discussions led by highly specialised technical expertise.
Data quality approach
Before migrating data into the future system(s), CAV UHB must define a clear approach to data integrity checking, cleansing, and validation. This includes agreeing what needs to be checked, when checks occur, and how issues are addressed to ensure high quality data enters – and is confirmed within – the new system. There is an opportunity to begin this work early in the programme and front load elements of the effort to reduce pressure later in the migration lifecycle.

## Lots (7)
### Lot 1: Admin & Clerical
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72220000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Estimated Value:** £215,000,000
- **Description:** The contract for the Senior Technical Architect awarded 1st April 2026 has been extended and uplifted until 30th September 2026. This uplift increases the contract value to over 25k GBP, therefore a new appointment with a new Procurement Outcome Repo...

### Lot 2: Corporate Functions
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 79600000, 79610000, 79612000, 79621000, 79623000, 79630000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Estimated Value:** £955,000,000
- **Description:** The requirement is for the supply of Non Clinical Staffing from both Employment Businesses and Employment Agencies as detailed in Attachment 1a Framework Schedule 1 (Specification) of the Invitation to Tender. The Supplier covers all roles related to...

### Lot 3: IT Professionals
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 79600000, 79610000, 79612000, 79621000, 79623000, 79630000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Estimated Value:** £615,000,000
- **Description:** The requirement is for the supply of Non Clinical Staffing from both Employment Businesses and Employment Agencies as detailed in Attachment 1a Framework Schedule 1 (Specification) of the Invitation to Tender. The Supplier covers all roles related to...

### Lot 4: Legal
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 79600000, 79610000, 79612000, 79621000, 79623000, 79630000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Estimated Value:** £45,000,000
- **Description:** The requirement is for the supply of Non Clinical Staffing from both Employment Businesses and Employment Agencies as detailed in Attachment 1a Framework Schedule 1 (Specification) of the Invitation to Tender. The Supplier covers all roles related to...

### Lot 5: Scientific, Technical & Clinical Coding
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 79600000, 79610000, 79612000, 79621000, 79623000, 79630000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Estimated Value:** £15,000,000
- **Description:** The requirement is for the supply of Non Clinical Staffing from both Employment Businesses and Employment Agencies as detailed in Attachment 1a Framework Schedule 1 (Specification) of the Invitation to Tender. The Supplier covers all roles related to...

### Lot 6: Estates, Facilities Management & Ancillary Staff
- **Lot id:** `6`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 79600000, 79610000, 79612000, 79621000, 79623000, 79630000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Estimated Value:** £255,000,000
- **Description:** The requirement is for the supply of Non Clinical Staffing from both Employment Businesses and Employment Agencies as detailed in Attachment 1a Framework Schedule 1 (Specification) of the Invitation to Tender. The Supplier covers all roles related to...

### Lot 7: MSP: Master/Neutral Vendor
- **Lot id:** `7`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 79600000, 79610000, 79612000, 79621000, 79623000, 79630000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Estimated Value:** £4,000,000,000
- **Description:** The requirement is for the supply of Non Clinical Staffing from both Employment Businesses and Employment Agencies as detailed in Attachment 1a Framework Schedule 1 (Specification) of the Invitation to Tender. The Supplier covers all roles related to...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (4)
- **Award:** 014639-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **See Contracts Finder Notice for full supplier list**

  - Value: £2,500,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

- **Award:** 053698-2026-CAV-DCO (25-26) 107-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Hays Specialist Recruitment**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-00975677`
  - Value: £28,069 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 053792-2026-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-00975677`
  - Value: £630,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 070844-2026-CAV-DCO (25-26) 147-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-00975677`
  - Value: £36,073 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (4)
- **Contract:** 070844-2026-CAV-DCO (25-26) 147-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £36,073
  - Signed Date: 26/07/2026

- **Contract:** 053698-2026-CAV-DCO (25-26) 107-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £28,069
  - Signed Date: 22/12/2025

- **Contract:** 053792-2026-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £630,000
  - Signed Date: 30/10/2025

- **Contract:** 014639-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,500,000,000
  - Signed Date: 24/04/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F070844-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-27T13:43:58.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T14:02:26.108Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-032ee7