Stage: PlanningDate: 12th October 2026 (1 day ago)Value: Not specifiedSource: Find A Tender Service
Description: Bristol City Council is conducting a soft market test exercise to assess the marketplace and identify a suitable supplier capable of delivering a Managed Extended Detection and Response (XDR) service, including Security Operations Centre (SOC) capabilities, across the Council's infrastructure, cloud services, networks, and end-user devices. In order to access the Soft market testing documents,, please register your interest on ProContract. https://procontract.due-north.com/Login
Summary: Bristol City Council is exploring a managed Extended Detection and Response (XDR) service, including Security Operations Centre (SOC) capabilities. The service is intended to cover the Council’s infrastructure, cloud services, networks and end-user devices, providing security monitoring and detection and response across its technology estate. This is an IT security service procurement, within the broader IT services category. The buying organisation is Bristol City Council, and the service is for its operations in Bristol, United Kingdom.
Location: Bristol•Buyer: University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Stage: PlanningDate: 9th October 2026 (4 days ago)Value: Not specifiedSource: Find A Tender Service
Description: Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (BFT) intends to commence a procurement exercise, potential as early as November 2026, to secure a provider capable of delivering the provision of a fully managed Lung Cancer Screening (LCS) service, previously known as the Targeted Lung Health (TLHC), across the Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire (SWAG) regional programme. The proposed contract term is anticipated to be 36 months, with the option to extend for up to two further periods of 12 months each, resulting in a maximum potential contract duration of 60 months. The procurement is expected to establish an end-to-end managed service, with the appointed provider responsible for the delivery of services including, but not limited to: * Clinical and diagnostic services, including the provision of appropriately qualified workforce and equipped mobile (read more...)
Summary: Bristol NHS Foundation Trust intends to procure a fully managed lung cancer screening service for the Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire regional programme. The service is expected to cover the complete screening pathway: identifying eligible people, booking appointments, carrying out Lung Health Checks, face-to-face clinical reviews and low-dose CT scans, interpreting results, holding multidisciplinary screening reviews, communicating results, and arranging follow-up, surveillance and recall. The provider would also supply clinical and diagnostic services, qualified staff and equipped mobile units, alongside IT and data management, programme management, logistics, stakeholder communications and ongoing service development. The work is for delivery across Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire; the final service model remains under development.
Stage: PlanningDate: 8th October 2026 (5 days ago)Value: £10M-£100MSource: Find A Tender Service
Description: ** please note that the esitmated date of publication for this tender has been amended to 26/10/2026, though this remains subject to change ** Further to our earlier UK2 notice, Jisc Services Limited (JSL) is nearing finalisation of tender documentation for the creation of a framework providing high-quality assessment and feedback solutions that support effective, secure, and learner-centred assessment practices. This UK3 notice is designed to better prepare interested vendors ahead of the live tender, providing details on tender process, anticipated timetables, and award criteria. Further, we are also encouraging vendors to provide feedback on some of the intended tender pack, namely drafts of; - the scope of requirements schedule - the functional requirements - the pricing schedule - the Jisc SaaS agreement (from which the framework agreement (read more...)
Summary: Jisc Services Limited plans an open framework for digital assessment and feedback products used by education providers. It covers six areas: end-to-end assessment platforms for creating, delivering, marking and moderating assessments, with feedback and analytics; plagiarism detection and academic integrity tools; remote invigilation; lockdown browsers and secure assessment environments; learner ePortfolios; and automated or assisted marking, grading and feedback. The framework is intended to support secure, effective and learner-centred assessment across digital and hybrid settings, including paper-to-digital workflows where supported. The products are for use across the United Kingdom. Suppliers may be relevant in one or more of these distinct areas, from assessment software platforms to specialist integrity, security, proctoring, portfolio or grading tools.
Location: Bristol•Buyer: University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Stage: PlanningDate: 8th October 2026 (5 days ago)Value: Not specifiedSource: Find A Tender Service
Description: Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (BFT) intends to commence a procurement exercise, potential as early as November 2026, to secure a provider capable of delivering the provision of a fully managed Lung Cancer Screening (LCS) service, previously known as the Targeted Lung Health (TLHC), across the Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire (SWAG) regional programme. The proposed contract term is anticipated to be 36 months, with the option to extend for up to two further periods of 12 months each, resulting in a maximum potential contract duration of 60 months. The procurement is expected to establish an end-to-end managed service, with the appointed provider responsible for the delivery of services including, but not limited to: * Clinical and diagnostic services, including the provision of appropriately qualified workforce and equipped mobile (read more...)
Summary: Bristol NHS Foundation Trust intends to procure a fully managed lung cancer screening service for the Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire regional programme. The service is expected to cover the complete screening pathway: identifying eligible people, booking appointments, carrying out Lung Health Checks, face-to-face clinical reviews and low-dose CT scans, interpreting results, holding multidisciplinary screening reviews, communicating results, and arranging follow-up, surveillance and recall. The provider would also supply clinical and diagnostic services, qualified staff and equipped mobile units, alongside IT and data management, programme management, logistics, stakeholder communications and ongoing service development. The work is for delivery across Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire; the final service model remains under development.
Location: Bristol•Buyer: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Stage: PlanningDate: 8th October 2026 (5 days ago)Value: Not specifiedSource: Find A Tender Service
Description: This is a Preliminary Market Engagement Exercise - this is not a tendering opportunity or a call for competition. This is to inform the market of the requirement and gather information and feedback from the market via a Supplier Questionnaire in advance of publishing a future tender. The Office of the Traffic Commissioner (OTC) requires an independent time and motion study to establish a robust evidence base for the time, effort and resources required to deliver its principal casework, licensing, tribunal, compliance, finance, correspondence and support processes. The study will identify the end-to-end elapsed time, active handling time, waiting time, rework, hand-offs and variation associated with agreed process families. It will distinguish productive activity from unavoidable delay and system or process constraints, analyse why variation occurs, and interpret (read more...)
Summary: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), for the Office of the Traffic Commissioner, intends to commission an independent time-and-motion study. The work will build an evidence base on the time, effort and resources needed for principal casework, licensing, tribunal, compliance, finance, correspondence and support processes. It is expected to examine agreed process families from end to end, measuring elapsed and active handling time, waiting, rework, hand-offs and variation. The study should distinguish productive work from unavoidable delays and system or process constraints, explain variation, and relate findings to actual and forecast workloads. Its purpose is to help the Office calculate the staffing capacity needed to deliver each process and its overall workload at agreed service levels. Delivery is in the United Kingdom.