Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c06-6da7-73c4-911d-55570f5448ad/elective-care-rapid-testing-programme-a-phase-2 awarded GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Elective Care Rapid Testing Programme – Phase 2 [NHS Commissioning Board](https://tendernation.io/buyers/nhs-commissioning-board) Estimated value £319,694 Published 18 Nov 2016 Deadline Closed 19 May 2016 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender One of the key priorities for NHS England as set out in the Business Plan is to provide ‘timely access to high quality elective care’. To effectively deliver this objective in the Plan, the Elective Care Work Programme was launched in 2015. Initial phase of the work was completed in September 2015 which provided outline analysis of the current state in elective care. This call-off contract awarded through a further competition on CCS Lot 1 of Consultancy One Framework Agreement RM1502, is a follow up from completed phase 1 project for scoping rapid local testing for transforming elective care work programme. ## CPV classification Research and development services and related consultancy services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/f06ce53b-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile NHS Commissioning Board: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/nhs-commissioning-board) [Sector More Research & development tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/research-development) ## More tenders like this [Included Outside Publication Faith in Nature · Natural England · 17 days left · 3 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14a29-a2ce-7073-851a-05dd5c86a64c/included-outside-publication-faith-in-nature) [The provision of an online family history service for wales · The National Library of Wales · 32 days left · 19 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14571-3ab0-72b7-a215-c1db7fc1c138/the-provision-of-an-online-family-history-service-for-wales) [Cymru Can Strategy Review · Future Generations Commissioner for Wales · 22 days left · 9 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14571-3b47-71a7-b7c4-7d49c6871347/cymru-can-strategy-review) [Sector research for councils to learn from collaborative ICT delivery in local government · Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA) · 29 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14503-584b-7036-bbe3-327b4e51c3c7/sector-research-for-councils-to-learn-from-collaborative-ict-delivery-in-local-g) [Research and development services and related consultancy services – Multiannual FWC on monitoring, research and analysis related to VET and qualifications · European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, CEDEFOP - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training · 59 days left · 15 Dec 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-1b58-70d6-9e0f-07f8589ea85c/greece-research-and-development-services-and-related-consultancy-services-mu) [Research services – Istraživanja vrsta i staništa u sklopu projekta PKK "Poboljšano upravljanje PPLP" · Javna ustanova Park prirode Lonjsko polje · 30 days left · 17 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-312a-7230-92e1-4783caf49f90/croatia-research-services-istrazivanja-vrsta-i-stanista-u-sklopu-projekta-pk)