Life Sciences Hub Wales seeks to procure the services of a suitably qualified and capable outsourced Data Protection Officer (DPO) services to ensure continued compliant with current and future data protection legislation, and to ensure that all organisational data continues to be processed in accordance with conforming and best practice information governance principles.
The successful supplier, in providing dedicated DPO services to Life Sciences Hub Wales, will: - Assist with monitoring internal compliance.- Inform and advise on data protection obligations and emerging issues.- Provide advice regarding Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) and act as a contact point for data subjects and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) as required.
As well as providing the above, the successful supplier will assume all other responsibilities expected of a DPO.The successful supplier, as dedicated DPO to Life Sciences Hub Wales, must be independent, an expert in data protection and adequately resourced to provide the required, necessary services.
The successful supplier must act as an extension to the wider Life Sciences Hub Wales team, providing advice and guidance from the perspective of Life Sciences Hub Wales. Advice and guidance (etc) is to be provided directly on behalf of Life Sciences Hub Wales, including the editing of documentation at request. Life Sciences Hub Wales envisions the need for circa x18 days of DPO services per annum, principally to be retained as x1.5 days service provision per calendar month for use as needed, with unused days to be ‘banked’ for use later in the term as needed.
Contract Details notice for the Life Sciences Hub Wales Invitation to Tender for the provision of a Video Production framework (ref LSHW.003.2025).
As per the original UK4 Tender notice, Life Sciences Hub Wales requires a range of videos to help articulate how the organisation adds value to the life sciences innovation ecosystem in Wales through storytelling, bringing projects to life through case studies, stakeholder interviews and explainer videos.
Life Sciences Hub Wales is currently developing a Term of Government Business Case (“the Plan”) for submission to Welsh Government to inform its (Life Sciences Hub Wales’s) remit and funding requirement for the period of 2026 to 2031.
The Plan will be aligned to Welsh Government health and social care policies (including A Healthier Wales, the Wellbeing of Future Generations (Wales) Act and Innovation Strategy), set in the context of the UK life sciences vision (and soon to be published Industrial Strategy), and will
draw on best practice internationally.
The Plan is intended to ensure Life Sciences Hub Wales’s activity:
• is aligned with funder and stakeholder expectation;
• meets needs to deliver economic development and healthcare benefits for Wales;
• reflects best practice internationally; and
• maximises the impact of the services offered by Life Sciences Hub Wales
In line with the Life Sciences Hub Wales Board ambition, in addition to building on current activity the Plan will also address the wider context, including the need for change in Wales, and will review opportunities and explore bold options.
Life Sciences Hub Wales seeks to procure an external consultant (“the Contractor”) to work with the Life Sciences Hub Wales management team to assist with the development of the Plan.