Official UK procurement notice
Technical Project Management for Data Pipeline Monitoring
Authority: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTechnical project management consultant for data pipeline monitoring for the data warehouse team.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 Jun 2025, 10:03 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Jun 2025, 10:03 BST
- Authority reference
C358891- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-035617- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0554aeFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Switching Direct Award
- Published justification
The nature of the SDE work requires highly specialised knowledge of various areas of the NHS. These include the NHS wide Secure Data Environment programme and specifically the Kent, Medway and Sussex programme. In depth knowledge is required of the programme aims and the technical specifications of the system. Experience of working in a multi-tenant environment is essential as the role includes working across 3 counties and with numerous healthcare systems. Knowledge of various software is required to ensure that the work to build and maintain the SDE can be successfully carried out including Bunny (a federation tool for cohort discovery within the SDEs), Metadata Works (a metadata tool that is used to collate and report the metadata for the SDE project), the HDR UK health data gateway (for national metadata processing), SQL Server and MS Fabric. The employee needs to play a leading role in designing, developing and maintaining a metadata solution as well as creating cohort discovery protocols and research ready datasets for submission into the SDE. In addition to general technical project manager skills the ICB Data Quality work requires in depth knowledge of the KM ICB data, both local and national feeds with specific knowledge of primary care data feeds being essential. A working knowledge of KMICB data quality needs and the functionality of the reporting suite is key as is a working knowledge of Python in order to assist in the design of the DQ tools. An in depth knowledge of business analyst skills is key to implement the development of use cases and the design of the data quality programme through them. In order to implement the solution an understanding of the DMM (Data Management Maturity) and DAMA frameworks is required as is knowledge of working to ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and Cyber Essentials standards.
- Risks
Data protection Risk of lack of continuity of service Lack of service understanding Failure
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 27 Jun 2025- Transparency notice published27 Jun 2025, 10:03 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected30 Jun 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not publishedTechnical Project Manager and Solutions Architect1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2026 | £150,000 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender