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South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

SWAST-5146-COR Employee Career Development Mentoring App

Software & IT SystemsCPV 48000000
Value£30k
Deadline28 Sept 2026
Published9 Sept 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 9 Sept 202619 days leftCloses 28 Sept 2026
Who to contact
helen.sandom@swast.nhs.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

Submit via Atamis Portal - https://suppliersupport.atamis.co.uk/hc/en-gb

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£30ktotal contract value
median £91k
this tender£0£1.1m

This sits below the typical range for Software & IT Systems contracts — a smaller, more accessible award. Based on 30,286 valued Software & IT Systems tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust has published 64 notices across all categories, and 30% of its awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

The South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has a requirement for Employee Career Development Mentoring App.

We are requesting quotations for suitable solutions, the contract will be awarded for 3 years with the option to extend by up to 3 years.

What it takes to bid this

59 daysof bid-team effort
£3.4k£6.2kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the under £100k band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidCyber Essentials Plus (often mandatory for gov IT)
  • Hold at bidISO 27001 (information security)
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f555
Stage
tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
085260-2026
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