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UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER

Provision of Simulated Patient Actors

EducationCPV 80000000
Value£660,000
Deadline15 Apr 2026
Published11 Mar 2026
RegionNationwide

£660,000 — stated in the notice

Timeline
Published 11 Mar 2026ClosedCloses 15 Apr 2026
Who to contact
tenders@lancaster.ac.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

Tenders must be submitted electronically via the Lancaster University e-tendering portal (In-Tend) https://in-tendhost.co.uk/lancaster/aspx/Home

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£660ktotal contract value
median £84k
this tender£0£2.4m

This is a large award for Education & Training — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 23,516 valued Education & Training tenders in our corpus.

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UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER has published 3 Education & Training notices, about every 47 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around February 2030.

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The brief

Lancaster University is inviting tenders for the provision of Simulated Patient Actors to support teaching, training and assessment activities within Lancaster Medical School.

The successful supplier will provide trained actors to participate in simulated clinical scenarios used in medical education, including teaching sessions and formal student assessments such as Objective Structured Clinical Examinations.

Actors will be required to portray patients in a range of clinical situations and follow structured case briefs provided by the University.

The contract will support the delivery of high-quality clinical simulation to enhance student learning and assessment within the Medical School.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The successful supplier will provide trained actors

The successful supplier will provide trained actors to participate in simulated clinical scenarios used in medical education, including teaching sessions and formal student assessments such as Objective Structured Clinical Examinations.

02

Actors will be required to portray patients

Actors will be required to portray patients in a range of clinical situations and follow structured case briefs provided by the University.

03

The contract will support the delivery

The contract will support the delivery of high-quality clinical simulation to enhance student learning and assessment within the Medical School.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06673c
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
021763-2026
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