Published date: 3 April 2025

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Awarded contract (published 16 April 2025)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

LS1 4AP

Value of contract

£500,000

Procurement reference

CF-2968200D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

3 April 2025

Closing date

21 November 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

5 March 2025

Contract end date

1 October 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

To support achievement of NHS Long Term Plan ambitions, it has been agreed by NHS England that the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme referral threshold will reduce from 120 ug/gm to 80ug/gm, in line with the Scottish screening programme. Evidence suggests that this will be a cost-effective way to detect more cancers earlier, reduce mortality and increase quality of life.

Achieving this extension will be challenging alongside year-on-year increases in endoscopy demand from symptomatic services, BSCP age extension, and the enrolment of people with Lynch syndrome into the programme. Therefore, to understand how this change in screening protocol can be delivered sustainably it has been agreed that the threshold will initially be dropped in select pilot sites alongside a comprehensive evaluation.

Therefore NHSE seeks a partner to deliver the evaluation.

Award information

Awarded date

6 March 2025

Contract start date

5 March 2025

Contract end date

1 October 2026

Total value of contract

£500,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

RAND Europe Community Interest Company

Address

Eastbrook, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 8BF

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

About the buyer

Contact name

Russell Greenwood

Address

7&8 Wellington Place
Leeds
LS1 4AP
United Kingdom

Email

russell.greenwood@nhs.net