THE PROVISION OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE ACADEMIC PROGRAMME FOR THE MILITARY BIOMEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PATHWAY
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The DSP Opportunity Listing including the Invitation to Tender can be found here: https://contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=61171 Tenders are to be submitted through DSP: www.contracts.mod.uk
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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.
The Authority has a requirement for the provision of military Biomedical Scientists (BMS) Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration training pathway.
The proposed framework agreement shall be for a period covering 5 intakes completing the full degree programme starting autumn 2026 in conjunction with top modules and clinical placements.
The successful Service Provider shall provide an Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) accredited BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Science/Healthcare Science programme and top-up modules.
Clinical modules are to include Clinical Haematology, Clinical Biochemistry, Blood Transfusion and Clinical Microbiology.
The Service Provider shall provide an academic programme for up to 6 new full-time student entrants per annum plus top-up modules, for additional partially qualified students, as assessed by the IBMS.
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The proposed framework agreement shall be
The proposed framework agreement shall be for a period covering 5 intakes completing the full degree programme starting autumn 2026 in conjunction with top modules and clinical placements.
The successful Service Provider shall provide
The successful Service Provider shall provide an Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) accredited BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Science/Healthcare Science programme and top-up modules.
The Service Provider shall provide an academic
The Service Provider shall provide an academic programme for up to 6 new full-time student entrants per annum plus top-up modules, for additional partially qualified students, as assessed by the IBMS.
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- tender · Open
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