Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 3 Aug 2026, 14:31 BST

Official UK procurement notice

World Model for SACT · UK public procurement notice

Authority: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£50,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 21 Aug 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yrends 1 Nov 2027 · starts 1 Nov 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Velindre NHS Trust is undertaking pre-market engagement to explore innovative solutions for the development of a World Model to support the delivery of Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) within the new Velindre Cancer Centre. The proposed solution will integrate operational, prescribing and workforce data to improve demand forecasting, capacity planning, patient readiness assessment and treatment pathway management. Suppliers are invited to share information on relevant technologies, experience and approaches to support the development of the future procurement strategy and business case.

CPV: Software integration consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 1 yrSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Nov 2026 – 1 Nov 2027 (1 yr)
Delivery: WalesEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) buys Systems and technical consultancy services (CPV 7222), and who usually turns up

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Systems and technical consultancy services (CPV 7222) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bidWhat to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 0 of 6 known-size awards · market: CPV 7222 · Wales (Cymru), n=19
0%47%

No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Wales (Cymru).

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 2 of 7 known-location awards · market: CPV 7222 · Wales (Cymru), n=25
29%24%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 7222 · Wales (Cymru), n=5
—61 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 61 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 11 of 12 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 7222 · Wales (Cymru), n=36
92%42%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer41 lots with bid counts · all categories
20% had one bid
The market15 lots with bid counts · CPV 7222 · Wales (Cymru)
13% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid20% / 13%
Buyer: 8 of 41 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 15 lots with published bid counts.
2–332% / 47%
Buyer: 13 of 41 lots with published bid counts. Market: 7 of 15 lots with published bid counts.
4–627% / 20%
Buyer: 11 of 41 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 15 lots with published bid counts.
7+22% / 20%
Buyer: 9 of 41 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 15 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer28 lots with estimate and award · all categories
50% below estimate
The market8 lots with estimate and award · CPV 7222 · Wales (Cymru)
38% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate50% / 38%
Buyer: 14 of 28 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 3 of 8 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%29% / 63%
Buyer: 8 of 28 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 5 of 8 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate21% / 0%
Buyer: 6 of 28 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 0 of 8 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 722212 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£50k
Expected competition
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How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 15 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet13% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 15 similar lots
1 bid13%
2 of 15 similar past lots received 1 bid (13%).
2–347%
7 of 15 similar past lots received 2–3 (47%).
4–620%
3 of 15 similar past lots received 4–6 (20%).
7+20%
3 of 15 similar past lots received 7+ (20%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £50k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
3 Aug 2026, 14:31 BST
Last source update
3 Aug 2026, 14:31 BST
Authority reference
VEL-ITT-63850
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-073232
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Software integration consultancy services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL22)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06da19 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

3 Aug 2026 → 1 Nov 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published83 days ago
    3 Aug 2026, 14:31 BST
  2. Market engagement71 days ago
    14 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST

    Velindre NHS Trust is undertaking a pre-market engagement exercise to better understand supplier capabilities, innovative technologies and potential approaches for supporting operational planning and delivery within cancer services. The engagement will provide an opportunity for organisations to share information on relevant products, services, experience and emerging solutions that may help inform future business requirements and any subsequent procurement strategy. Feedback received will be used to support option appraisal, feasibility assessment and future market development activities. Participation in this exercise will not form part of any future procurement process. Please contact Gemma Roscrow at [email protected] or Nicola Williams at [email protected]

  3. Tender notice expected64 days ago
    21 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Today
    25 Oct 2026
  5. Contract startsin 7 days
    1 Nov 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    3 Aug 2026, 14:31 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Velindre University NHS Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PXWV-6492-CGMN 4-5 Charnwood Court,, Cardiff, Wales, CF15 7QZContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure