Official UK procurement notice
AF134- Clinical Monitors for SAFIRE III
Authority: Liverpool School Of Tropical Medicine (Education)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionLSTM is seeking a clinical trial monitor to provide a quality monitoring service for a forthcoming trial in Burkina Faso, Mali and Kenya. The study is an adaptive platform trial (APT), focusing on the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in the first trimester, and is open-ended, adding new questions sequentially. This study protocol employs a modular structure, typical for adaptive platform trials, that diverges from conventional clinical trial protocols, reflecting the flexibility for the trial to evolve organically, such as through the introduction of new treatment arms. The participants are pregnant women in their first trimester and their newborns
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CPV: Research and experimental development services · Research services
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value (£210,000 together) · win at most 1 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Burkina Faso, Mali & KenyaAwardedRenewal Burkina Faso (BF), Kenya (KE) +1Published value£70,000
Option to bid for and provide your services in all 3 countries.
Lot #2Burkina Faso & MaliRenewal Burkina Faso (BF)Published value£70,000
Option to bid for Francophone countries
Lot #3KenyaRenewal Kenya (KE)Published value£70,000
option to bid for Anglophone country
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Criterion 2: 50%
- Criterion 1: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
- Criterion 1: Long criteria description
- Criterion 2: Long criteria description
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Sept 2025, 15:38 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Sept 2025, 15:38 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 21 Jun 2025
- Authority reference
AF134- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-018947- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050cc4Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 3 Jun 2025, 18:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 27 May 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
5 May 2025 → 24 Sept 2025 · 7 dates- Tender notice published5 May 2025, 14:05 BST
- Clarification questions by27 May 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline3 Jun 2025, 18:00 BST
- Award decision expected by21 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent9 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025
- Latest notice published392 days ago24 Sept 2025, 15:38 BST
Notice history
5 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 5 May 2025- Tender notice published5 May 2025, 14:05 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published7 May 2025, 16:06 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published9 Jul 2025, 15:34 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected31 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published24 Sept 2025, 15:38 BSTUK7
Published amendments (1)
Amended so there is a link to the tender, see below for link to tender. https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-title/2J7TNHSSNW
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 · Burkina Faso, Mali & Kenya1 award | |||
| Africa Clinical Research Management LimitedSME1 Sept 2025 – 1 Nov 2028 · up to 31 Oct 2029Extensions: option to extend for 1 years. Initial contract is to run for approx 38 months | £188,000 inc. VAT | 9 Jul 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Africa Clinical Research Management LimitedSME
- Signed
- 31 Jul 2025
- Value
- £188,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 1 Sept 2025 – 1 Nov 2028 · up to 31 Oct 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- option to extend for 1 years. Initial contract is to run for approx 38 months
2 agreed KPIs: Criterion 1 · Criterion 2
- Criterion 1
- Criterion 2
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Burkina Faso, Mali & Kenya | 4final-stage tenders | 4 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Africa Clinical Research Management LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender