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Health Economist Support for AWTTC

CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD

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UK5 - Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, in collaboration with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, has awarded a contract to Bangor University to provide Health Economist Support for the All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre (AWTTC). The procurement, classified under services, was conducted using a direct method termed "Below threshold - without competition" due to the technical exclusivity of the supplier. This contract process has reached the award stage, with a scheduled start date for services on 18th May 2026 and an expected end date on 17th May 2027. Services will be delivered mainly in Cardiff, within the UK region of UKL22, under the industry category of market and economic research, polling, and statistics.

This contract presents a significant business opportunity, particularly for academic institutions and organisations with expertise in health economics. With a gross value of £89,351.56, the engagement involves the provision of specialist health economic services, including editing, quality assurance, and advisory activities vital for Welsh medicine appraisal and strategy development. Businesses involved in health technology assessment and pharmacoeconomics would be well-suited to this opportunity due to the need for high-level expertise and proven understanding of the local decision-making environment in Wales. As an ongoing requirement, there's potential for service extension, allowing businesses to establish a long-term collaborative relationship with the public health sector in Wales.

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Notice Title

Health Economist Support for AWTTC

Notice Description

The Centre for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation (CHEME), based at Bangor University, is uniquely qualified to provide the specialist health economics support required by the All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre (AWTTC) and the All Wales Medicines Strategy Group (AWMSG). CHEME is one of the leading health economics centres in the UK. Its contribution to Bangor University's 2021 Research Excellence Framework submission demonstrated that 95% of its research activity is internationally excellent or world-leading, placing CHEME ninth out of 89 institutions for publication quality. This evidences a level of academic rigour, methodological expertise, and national standing that is not readily substitutable. CHEME is the only health economics unit within an academic institution in Wales that specialises in pharmacoeconomics, including medicines access, medicines optimisation, pricing, prescribing, and health technology assessment (HTA). As such, there are no alternative providers within Wales that can offer an equivalent combination of specialist pharmacoeconomic expertise, academic independence, and deep understanding of the Welsh medicines decision-making environment. Professor Dyfrig Hughes leads the Pharmaceutical Economics, Pricing and Prescribing Research (PEPPER) group within CHEME. He and his team have supported the work of AWMSG and AWTTC for over 20 years, including sustained involvement in HTA processes, methodological development, and provision of strategic health economics advice to inform national decision-making. This long-standing engagement has resulted in extensive institutional knowledge of AWMSG systems, standards, timelines, and quality requirements. CHEME has provided health economic support to AWMSG continuously since its establishment in 2003. During this period, AWTTC has been satisfied with the quality, consistency, and value of the services delivered, and a strong collaborative working relationship has been established. This continuity is critical given the sensitivity, time-critical nature, and national importance of medicines appraisal and advisory functions. The services to be delivered include specialist copy-editing and quality assurance of health economic sections of Evidence Summary Reports and guidance documents, advisory screening of health economic content, strategic representation in relation to national methodological or process developments, delivery of annual training to AWMSG and its sub-groups, and additional agreed specialist tasks in support of medicines access and optimisation work programmes where the maximum specified requirements are not reached (as provided for under Paragraph 5). These services rely on highly specialist expertise, methodological consistency, and trusted professional judgement developed through long-term engagement. Engagement of an alternative provider would result in a loss of established expertise, require significant familiarisation with Welsh HTA processes, and introduce avoidable risk to the quality, consistency, and timeliness of advice provided to Welsh Government and NHS Wales. No other supplier can demonstrate comparable specialist capability alongside a proven, long-standing integration with the work of AWMSG and AWTTC. For these reasons, Bangor University, through CHEME, is the only supplier capable of delivering the required services to the necessary standard. The appointment is therefore justified on the grounds of technical exclusivity, continuity of provision, absence of reasonable competition, and protection of service quality, with total input capped at no more than 488 hours per contractual year.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0692d9
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041700-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK5 - Transparency Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79300000 - Market and economic research; polling and statistics

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£89,351 Under £100K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 May 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
7 May 20261 weeks ago
Contract Period
17 May 2026 - 17 May 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Pending
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD
Additional Buyers

NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP (HOSTED BY VELINDRE UNIVERSITY NHS TRUST)

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
CARDIFF
Postcode
CF14 4HH
Post Town
Cardiff
Country
Wales
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLL Wales
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLL5 South East Wales
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLL51 Central Valleys and Bridgend
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Electoral Ward
Taff's Well
Westminster Constituency
Cardiff North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

BANGOR UNIVERSITY

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