Official UK procurement notice
Clinical Assessment Skills (CAS) training for Pharmacist Prescribers
Procurement agent: Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)·On behalf of: Velindre University NHS Trust Please note NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) will manage this procurement on behalf of the contracting authority. Due to having the same identifiers, we're unable to reflect this in the notice options.
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionHealth Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) seeks to commission an organisation to deliver a rolling programme of face-to-face Clinical Assessment Skills (CAS) training for both novice and existing workforce qualified IPs, irrespective of sector of practice.
This requirement is split into three lots:
Lot 1 - North Wales
Lot 2 - South East Wales
Lot 3 - South West Wales
The commissioned provider will deliver a rolling programme of between 3-4 full days per region CAS sessions per year across 3–4 key clinical areas, with one session per clinical topic delivered in each geographical region. Each session will accommodate up to a maximum of 15 learners with a minimum of 8 learners attending to run a session. HEIW reserve the right to cancel any planned events with less than 8 learners registered, 7-10 days prior to the session date.
CPV: Education and training services
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value (£100,000 together)Lot #1North WalesRenewalPublished value£33,333
Clinical Assessment Skills training for pharmacy prescribers for North Wales
Lot #2South East WalesRenewalPublished value£33,333
Clinical Assessment Skills training for pharmacy prescribers for South East Wales.
Lot #3South West WalesRenewalPublished value£33,333
Clinical Assessment Skills training for pharmacy prescribers for South West Wales.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 8 Sept 2026, 15:33 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Sept 2026, 15:33 BST
- Authority reference
HEIW-FTS-62767- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-085022- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f4dcFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 13 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 6 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
8 Sept 2026 → 1 Mar 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published50 days ago8 Sept 2026, 15:33 BST
- Clarification questions by22 days ago6 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
- Submission deadline15 days ago13 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today29 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 122 days1 Mar 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published8 Sept 2026, 15:33 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeClients of the procurement agent
- Velindre University NHS Trust Please note NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) will manage this procurement on behalf of the contracting authority. Due to having the same identifiers, we're unable to reflect this in the notice options.Beneficiary authority
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Procuring entityManaging the procurement
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications All tender documents can be found on the eTenderWales portal. The ITT code is itt_126953
- Technical specifications All tender documents can be found on the eTenderWales portal. The ITT code is itt_126953
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender