Official UK procurement notice
C436616 Research Delivery Data Intelligence (RDDI) Solution
Authority: NHS Business Services Authority (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo create a UK wide digital service which will provide a near real-time overview of the delivery status, and support operational delivery of health and care research across the UK.
The services we create through RDDI will provide information to patients, the public, industry and other stakeholders on health research happening across the country and will provide deeper insights into research performance, capacity and capability in research delivery organisations.
The contract is for the provision of a unified Research Delivery Data and Intelligence solution (the Solution) that provides Central, Regional and local portfolio management capability and a central data and intelligence integration, analysis and reporting tool. This will allow UK administrations and wider stakeholders to interrogate and display research delivery data in a range of different ways.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 30 Sept 2031, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Development software package · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · IT software development services · IT software package · Information technology services · License management software development services · Software consultancy services · Software development services · Software implementation services · Software package and information systems · Software supply services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£30,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
PSQ Part 3A of Conditions of Participation will be evaluated as set out in the Tender documents:
Financial Capacity:
Minimum requirement for the Prime and any Sub-Contractors is to have the following or provide evidence of sufficient mitigations and assurance in line with assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/698c4873701ea1… ↗:
D&B Rating 1 or 2
Turnover Ratio = >1.5x
Operating Margin = >5%
Acid Ratio between = >0.8x
Financial Capacity:
Employers liability insurance: Cover for each single event in each Contract Year, of not less than five million pounds (£5,000,000)
Professional indemnity insurance: Cover for each single event in each Contract Year, of not less than five million pounds (£5,000,000)
Cyber liability insurance: Cover for each single event in each Contract Year, of not less than five million pounds (£5,000,000)
Legal Capacity: GDPR all personal data stored and processed under the resulting contract must be done so within the UK or EEA. No personal data can be stored, processed or transferred outside of the UK or EEA under the resulting contract.
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).
- Technical solution, architecture and compliance: See tender documents
- Implementation and delivery: See tender documents
- User Experience (UX), accessibility and inclusive design: See tender documents
- Service management and support: See tender documents
- Training: See tender documents
- National rollout and scaling model: See tender documents
- Data Migration: See tender documents
- Change Management, Adoption and Continuous Improvement Approach: See tender documents
- Social Value Model Outcome 4: See tender documents
- Social Value Model Outcome 8: See tender documents
- Price: See tender documents
- Economic & financial standing
PSQ Part 3A of Conditions of Participation will be evaluated as set out in the Tender documents:
Financial Capacity:
Minimum requirement for the Prime and any Sub-Contractors is to have the following or provide evidence of sufficient mitigations and assurance in line with assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/698c4873701ea1… ↗:
D&B Rating 1 or 2
Turnover Ratio = >1.5x
Operating Margin = >5%
Acid Ratio between = >0.8x
Financial Capacity:
Employers liability insurance: Cover for each single event in each Contract Year, of not less than five million pounds (£5,000,000)
Professional indemnity insurance: Cover for each single event in each Contract Year, of not less than five million pounds (£5,000,000)
Cyber liability insurance: Cover for each single event in each Contract Year, of not less than five million pounds (£5,000,000)
Legal Capacity: GDPR all personal data stored and processed under the resulting contract must be done so within the UK or EEA. No personal data can be stored, processed or transferred outside of the UK or EEA under the resulting contract.
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
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 30 Sept 2031
- First published
- 18 Nov 2025, 15:17 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Aug 2026, 15:42 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 9 Sept 2026
- Authority reference
C436616- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-045141- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e37fFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
Invoices submitted to [email protected]
Subject to the relevant provisions of Schedule11 (Charges and Implementation), the Authority shall make payment to the Supplier within thirty (30) days of verifying that the invoice is valid and undisputed.
Unless the Parties agree otherwise in writing, all Supplier invoices shall be paid in sterling by electronic transfer of funds to the bank account that the Supplier has specified on its invoice.
- Risks
The scope and value of the contract may be directly impacted by a number of risks which may materialise during the term of the contract. The modification of the Contract to remedy any of the risks will be treated as a permitted modification. These include:
- Future policy changes which require mandatory changes/development to the solution
- The volume/size of research data to be migrated into the solution from other systems
- The increase in users, implementation and migration of data from new users including Devolved Authority
- Number and type of users based on government requirements and restructuring of departments in relation to research programmes and funding.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 21 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 14 Jul 2026, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Interested parties must access the procurement documents via health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗ (search opportunities using system reference C436616).
Follow the instructions to register an interest and once registered, Suppliers will be able to view and access the full Tender documentation.
Timeline
18 Nov 2025 → 1 Oct 2026 · 9 dates- Planning notice published340 days ago18 Nov 2025, 15:17 GMT
- Market engagement316 days ago12 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
Request for Information (RFI) to gather market intelligence ahead of future procurement.
- Next notice expected206 days ago1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published162 days ago15 May 2026, 19:29 BST
- Clarification questions by102 days ago14 Jul 2026, 16:00 BST
- Submission deadline96 days ago21 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Latest notice published58 days ago27 Aug 2026, 15:42 BST
- Award decision expected by45 days ago9 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts24 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
14 events · 7 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Nov 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published18 Nov 2025, 15:17 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published15 May 2026, 19:29 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £30,000,00015 May 2026, 19:29 BSTwas £16,500,000
- Status changed to active15 May 2026, 19:29 BST
- Procurement method changed15 May 2026, 19:29 BST
- Deadline published: 22 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST15 May 2026, 19:29 BST
- Tender notice published10 Jun 2026, 12:12 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 29 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST10 Jun 2026, 12:12 BST+7 days · was 22 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Tender notice published25 Jun 2026, 10:30 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 21 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST25 Jun 2026, 10:30 BST+22 days · was 29 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Procurement termination notice published26 Aug 2026, 19:21 BSTUK12
- Status changed to complete26 Aug 2026, 19:21 BST
- Procurement termination notice published27 Aug 2026, 15:32 BSTUK12
- Procurement termination notice published27 Aug 2026, 15:42 BSTUK12
Published amendments (4)
We have extended the Submission Deadline to the 29/06/2026 and the Est. Award Decision Date to 17/08/2026.
The NHSBSA is revising the procurement requirements and will issue updated requirements and ITT documents alongside an updated procurement timetable. To ensure bidders have sufficient time to review and respond to the revised documentation, the tender submission deadline will be extended by a minimum of 25 calendar days from the date of issue. This amendment also includes a revised contract start …
Anticipated commencement date of new procurement updated to November 2026
Anticipated commencement date of new procurement updated to November 2026
Routine re-releases (7)
- 2026-06: 2 releases · 10 Jun 2026, 25 Jun 2026
- 2026-05: 1 release · 15 May 2026
- 2025-11: 1 release · 18 Nov 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 18 Aug 2026 | CancelledFurther to the publication of the UK4 Tender Notice (2026/S 000-059717) for the procurement of a UK wide digital service which will provide a near real-time overview of the delivery status, and support operational delivery of health and care research across the UK, the Authority has now terminated the procurement exercise. A contract has not been awarded and a new procurement exercise is anticipated to commence in November 2026. There will be no further communication and supplier engagement under UK4 Tender Notice 2026/S 000-059717 and this UK12 Notice serves to notify the market of the formal termination of the procurement. For information, the procurement was terminated following supplier feedback and a high volume of clarification questions received during the procurement process, which demonstrated the need for the Authority to undertake a structured review of its requirements and approach. Following completion of the review, any subsequent procurement process will be undertaken in compliance with the Procurement Act 2023 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender