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Published 27 Jun 2025, 10:04 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Technical Project Management for Data Pipeline Monitoring

Official notice

Authority: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (Central government)

Direct awardLight touch regimeSME suitable
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£150,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Technical project management consultant for data pipeline monitoring for the data warehouse team.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
27 Jun 2025, 10:04 BST
Last source update
27 Jun 2025, 10:04 BST
Authority reference
C358891
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-035618
Latest notice
Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0554af Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Switching Direct Award
Published justification

The nature of the SDE work requires highly specialised knowledge of various areas of the NHS. These include the NHS wide Secure Data Environment programme and specifically the Kent, Medway and Sussex programme. In depth knowledge is required of the programme aims and the technical specifications of the system. Experience of working in a multi-tenant environment is essential as the role includes working across 3 counties and with numerous healthcare systems. Knowledge of various software is required to ensure that the work to build and maintain the SDE can be successfully carried out including Bunny (a federation tool for cohort discovery within the SDEs), Metadata Works (a metadata tool that is used to collate and report the metadata for the SDE project), the HDR UK health data gateway (for national metadata processing), SQL Server and MS Fabric. The employee needs to play a leading role in designing, developing and maintaining a metadata solution as well as creating cohort discovery protocols and research ready datasets for submission into the SDE. In addition to general technical project manager skills the ICB Data Quality work requires in depth knowledge of the KM ICB data, both local and national feeds with specific knowledge of primary care data feeds being essential. A working knowledge of KMICB data quality needs and the functionality of the reporting suite is key as is a working knowledge of Python in order to assist in the design of the DQ tools. An in depth knowledge of business analyst skills is key to implement the development of use cases and the design of the data quality programme through them. In order to implement the solution an understanding of the DMM (Data Management Maturity) and DAMA frameworks is required as is knowledge of working to ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and Cyber Essentials standards.

Review and risk notes
Risks

Data protection Risk of lack of continuity of service Lack of service understanding Failure

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 27 Jun 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    27 Jun 2025, 10:04 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract signature expected
    30 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £150,0001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
supplier not publishedTechnical Project Manager and Solutions Architect1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2026£150,000—Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PLWZ-5628-VQPM Hermitage Lane, Kent, Maidstone, South East, ME16 9QQContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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