Buyer profile · NHS and health

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
8
About one every 46 days
Contracts awarded
23
To 90 different suppliers
Value awarded
£1.22m
21 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£42k
Median value awarded
Open now
1
1 contracts end in 90 days

Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Open tenders

  1. Clinical Assessment Skills (CAS) training for Pharmacist Prescribers

    WalesTraining, Education services

    Open13 days left3 lotsSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £100kestimated

Coming up

Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.

  1. Critical Care Education & Training

    WalesTraining, Education services

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £3.2mestimated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 6 of 12 months.

What it buys

Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.

What its tenders ask for

Accreditations and conditions its notices mention in the last 12 months. Always check the tender documents.

  1. Social value questions3%
    In 1 of 29 notices

Who it buys from

Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months.

  1. £177k awarded
  2. Sten10 LtdSME2 contracts
    £140k awarded
  3. Awair GB LtdSME2 contracts
  4. Pearn Kandola LLPSME2 contracts

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)41%
  • Direct award (no competition)59%
Based on 29 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
35 days
Longer than 87% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 8 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
41%
Higher than 77% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 29 procurements
Won by small firms
67%
Higher than 77% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 106 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
7
More than 86% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 33 awards
Split into lots
75%
Higher than 97% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 8 advertised tenders
Direct awards
59%
Lower than 69% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 29 procurements
Cancelled
0%
About the same as most NHS and health bodies
Based on 8 tenders

Compared with other NHS and health bodies

Time to bid, 88 NHS and health bodies
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–5 days0
5–10 days0
10–15 days3
15–20 days2
20–25 days3
25–30 days40
30–35 days30
35–40 days8
40–45 days2
45–50 days0
50–55 days0
55–60 days0
60+ days0
Bids per contract, 71 NHS and health bodies
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–2 bids6
2–4 bids31
4–6 bids20
6–8 bids9
8–10 bids1
10–12 bids0
12–14 bids2
14–16 bids1
16–18 bids0
18–20 bids0
20+ bids1
Advertised openly, 276 NHS and health bodies
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%107
10–20%52
20–30%33
30–40%16
40–50%15
50–60%12
60–70%16
70–80%8
80–90%8
90–100%9
Won by small firms, 266 NHS and health bodies
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%11
10–20%12
20–30%30
30–40%40
40–50%50
50–60%38
60–70%29
70–80%28
80–90%21
90–100%7

Each column is a group of NHS and health bodies with similar figures. The coloured column holds Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW).See the full scoreboard

Contracts ending in the next 90 days

Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.

ContractCurrent supplierValueEnds
Masters in Public health QualificationCardiff University£151k30 Sept 2026

7 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards