DSIT & NI - Project Barbara PoC

Official notice Find a Tender notice

Authority: DSIT

Other - Direct Award

CPV: Design and execution of research and development (73300000)

Published contract value£2,750,000Exc. VAT

Contract ends 31 Mar 2027

Awarded to The Neurodegeneration Initiative Limited

Contract starts 2 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Dementia Goals programme (DGP), part of the Healthcare Goals programme (based in the Office for Life Sciences within DSIT).

The Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Goals programme, aims to speed up the development of new treatments for dementia by accelerating innovations in biomarkers, clinical trials and implementation.

This project is to undertake a Proof of Concept (PoC) study to test the feasibility of BARBARA - a Brain Ageing Registry for Biomarkers, Access to trials, Research, and Adoption.

Additional information:

n/a

Published procurement details

Procedure: Other - Direct Award
Buyer reference: tender_522944/1570564
Category: Services
Tender status: Complete
Award status: Active
Suitable for SMEs: Yes
Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises: Yes
Tender deadline: 1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
Item 1: Delivery locations as published: British Oversea Territories; Channel Islands; Europe; Isle of Man; Rest of the World; United Kingdom

Key dates

Published dates

Award decision
1 Apr 2026
Contract starts
2 Apr 2026
Notice published
22 Apr 2026
Contract ends
31 Mar 2027

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

DSITContracting authority 22 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2EG, EnglandContact name, email
URL
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-science-innovation-and-technology/about

Suppliers named on the notice

The Neurodegeneration Initiative LimitedSupplier Block 35g, Mereside, Alderley Park, Alderley Edge, Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom, SK10 4ZF
Identifier
16213027 · GB-COH
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

n/a awardDocument

Notices published for this procedure

Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder awardAward noticeen22 Apr 2026, 13:01 BST

Source record

Source: Contracts Finder
Notice language: en
Release reference: ocds-b5fd17-e0c63242-b8c9-4cb7-b128-47ee16c0953f-2026-04-22T13:01:51+01:00
Published: 22 Apr 2026
Latest update: 22 Apr 2026
Procedure reference: ocds-b5fd17-e0c63242-b8c9-4cb7-b128-47ee16c0953f
Contract reference: ocds-b5fd17-e0c63242-b8c9-4cb7-b128-47ee16c0953f-1