Published date: 29 September 2025

Open opportunity - This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.


Closing: 20 October 2025, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

  • Miscellaneous health services - 85140000

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£931,000

Procurement reference

4821/JN/25

Published date

29 September 2025

Closing date

20 October 2025

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

20 April 2026

Contract end date

28 April 2028

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

The purpose of this procurement exercise is to secure a vehicle based mobile clinic unit partner to support the delivery of Work Package 2 (WP2) within the IMProVE study, with a focus on improving equitable access to prostate cancer screening. The IMProVE study's full title is "Prostate cancer screening using a risk adapted PSA/image-based approach: Pilot study for a Yorkshire wide comparison with Standard care". The study is funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research and is being run in collaboration with Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and the University of Sheffield (study sponsor).

WP2 pilots community-based prostate cancer screening in Leeds and Sheffield, combining targeted invitations and community outreach to recruit eligible men for PSA blood testing and optional saliva sampling via vehicle based mobile clinic units. Participants are randomised to either standard NHS care or an image-based pathway, with follow-up diagnostics and referrals managed within the NHS. It is anticipated that 45,000 men will be invited to take part in screening, with uptake estimated to be 4,500 men (10%).

This is an open exercise. The ITT can be downloaded by registering and expressing your interest on the University`s e-tendering system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sheffield

If you have any questions or comments in relation to this tender they must be submitted via the In-tend system, this can be accessed at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sheffield

Completed tenders must be returned through the same e-tendering system.

The University of Sheffield is not a contracting authority for the purposes of the Procurement Act 2023.

The University reserves the right from time to time to voluntarily operate under the Procurement Act (as defined above) on a case by case basis. Otherwise, advertisement of any contract on the Central Digital Platform (CDP) is at the sole discretion of the University and is undertaken on a voluntary basis with no implied obligation to comply with the procurement legislation.

For the avoidance of doubt, this procurement is not subject to the Procurement Act (as defined above).

More information

Links

How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

About the buyer

Contact name

James Noble

Address

WESTERN BANK
SHEFFIELD
S102TN
England

Email

james.noble@sheffield.ac.uk