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Breast Test and Training System (PERFORMS)

  • NHS England

UK5: Transparency notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-084572

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05f995 (view related notices)

Published 18 December 2025, 4:04pm



Scope

Reference

C344205

Description

The Breast Test and Train (TaT) service supports the quality assurance work and provides NHSE with assurance of the ability of radiologists within the NHS Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP) to accurately detect the range of cancers that they might be presented with in the population. It provides the means to enable radiologists to recognise a range of cancers, including those that are of a rarer condition which in turn, results in less harm to those undergoing mammography.


Contract 1. Breast Test and Training Service

Suppliers

Supplier not yet selected

Contract value

  • £444,686.12 excluding VAT
  • £533,623.35 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Earliest date the contract will be signed

18 December 2025

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 19 December 2025 to 31 October 2026
  • 10 months, 13 days

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 80320000 - Medical education services

Other information

Description of risks to contract performance

Changes in the requirements of the National Breast Screening standards may result in a change to the Test and Training service delivery model

A delay in the strategic development and discovery of NHS England test and training services.

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes


Procedure

Procedure type

Direct award

Direct award justification

Single supplier - intellectual property or exclusive rights

The current supplier holds the knowledge, legacy technical expertise and intellectual property rights of the current system. (Procurement Act 2023 Schedule 5, para 5)


Contracting authority

NHS England

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PDPT-3135-BWWY

Wellington House, 133-135 Waterloo Rd

London

SE1 8UG

United Kingdom

Region: UKI45 - Lambeth

Organisation type: Public authority - central government