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title: "UCLan Provision of Simulated Patients"
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# UCLan Provision of Simulated Patients

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uclan-provision-of-simulated-patients-ocds-h6vhtk-02eb93). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Central Lancashire: "UCLan Provision of Simulated Patients". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 12 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: esourcing.uclan.ac.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Central Lancashire](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-central-lancashire-urn-133869)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 12 November 2021 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
- **Delivery Location:** UKD4
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02eb93`

## 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/uclan-provision-of-simulated-patients-ocds-h6vhtk-02eb93#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [esourcing.uclan.ac.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fesourcing.uclan.ac.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uclan-provision-of-simulated-patients-ocds-h6vhtk-02eb93#participate

## Description
The School of Medicine University of Central Lancashire is seeking applications to tender from agencies able to provide simulated patients, actors or trained clinical role players (SPs) for School of Medicine courses. Your tender should demonstrate how you will address the requirements and critical success factors outlined below.
Purpose
This purpose of this specification is to set the requirements, management and partnership for a single preferred provider that will deliver the Simulated Patient provision across the School of Medicine’s clinical courses: MBBS, MPAS, MPAP and other clinical courses UG and PG, as required by curriculum needs.
Please note the term ‘Simulated Patient’(SP) is understood to refer to clinical role players or actors who work as simulated patients for teaching purposes and as standardised patients for assessment purposes. 
Requirements
The successful Bidder will be able to provide high quality simulated patients for roles in Clinical Skills teaching sessions, Communication Skills teaching sessions and for clinical assessments such as Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) with supportive and responsive management and administrative processes.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** More details can be found in the attached documents.

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025638-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-10-13T21:45:06.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T14:39:54.745Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02eb93