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STH - Training and Assessment Platform for Cervical Sample Taker Initial Training

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BuyerSheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
StatusClosed
Deadline6 Jul 2026
Value£70,000
Published15 Jun 2026

What is being bought

The NHS Cervical Screening Programme (NHSCSP) requires Cervical Sample Taker Initial Training trainees to submit a portfolio of evidence of their practical learning over a 9-12 month period. We are currently using a 40 page paper portfolio for our 600-800 trainees per year to complete, which are reliant on the postal system to move from training centre to trainee and back again. This costs a significant amount of time and money for both the Training Centre (and therefore the Trust) and the trainees. We are looking to set up a digital ePortfolio platform to allow trainees to submit their work to us electronically, while still maintaining the necessary standards and requirements in line with the National Guidance we are beholden to. This will provide a better service for our trainees by making their coursework easier to submit, and easier for us to provide active feedback prior and post submission. North of England Pathology and Screening Education Centre (NEPSEC) needs to keep up with other education institutions to maintain our business relevance & competitiveness. Our Health Education England (HEE) commissioners have also requested this be implemented as a matter of urgency. With the increase in AI availability for the trainees, we also need to utilise the Artificial Intelligence functionality of a digital platform to help prevent plagiarism and make our marking process more streamlined and robust. 3 Year contract term Tender includes one demonstration question. It references one appendix document which can be provided on request.

Delivery location

UKE32, GB

Categories

Software package and information systems 48000000Educational software package 48190000Software supply services 72268000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£70,000
Contract periodFrom 3 Aug 2026 to 31 Jul 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price — 50% (50%)
Quality and Social Value — 40% will be quality and 10% will be social value. (50%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Software package and information systems, Software supply services, Educational software packageNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Software package and information systems (48000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 485,1921 median · 8.9 average (1,874 of 5,192 with a bid count)1.7 average (2,151 of 5,192 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer4Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKE32241 median · 3.7 average (16 of 24 with a bid count)1.5 average (16 of 24 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)180Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06b55b
Latest release ID056363-2026
Latest release timestampMon Jun 15 2026 16:49:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/056363-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-07-06T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-06-15T18:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsTo be submitted via Atamis. https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£70,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
15 Jun 2026tender056363-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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