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Published 1 Feb 2024, 08:55 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Clinical Evaluations · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£9,500,000≈ £3.2m / year · 1 value update
Submissions closed 2 Jul 2024awarded 3 Apr 2025
Awarded to Mac Clinical Research Finance Ltd
Contract term 3 yrsends 8 Sept 2027 · extension options published · starts 9 Sept 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Management of Clinical evaluations, including evaluation initiation, delivery, site and data management, monitoring and analysis report writing, in order to support UKHSA's testing capabilities.<br/><br/>The maximum value of the contract will be £9.5m exc VAT over the maximum term of 5 years (3+1+1). However, there is no annual commitment and spend is subject to annual internal budgetary approval.

CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Technical and Commercial evaluationAwardedRenewal 3 yrsPublished value£9,500,000
Contract period: 9 Sept 2024 – 8 Sept 2027 (3 yrs)
Delivery: UK
Extensions: +1+1 extension optionsVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 30%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical: 60%
  • price: 30%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Technical: 60
  • Social Value: 10
  • Price: 30
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

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
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
1 Feb 2024, 08:55 GMT
Last source update
10 Apr 2025, 08:03 BST
Award evaluation window
30 May 2024 – …
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-014134
Classification (CPV)
Research and development services and related consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04362d Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Submission deadline
2 Jul 2024, 13:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
30 May 2024, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

30 May 2024 → 10 Apr 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Bids opened
    30 May 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Next notice expected
    11 Jun 2024, 00:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    2 Jul 2024, 13:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    9 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST
  5. Notice published
    10 Apr 2025, 08:03 BST

Notice history

5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 May 2024
  1. Published value updated to £9,500,000
    30 May 2024, 11:33 BST
    was £2,500,000,000
  2. Status changed to active
    30 May 2024, 11:33 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    30 May 2024, 11:33 BST
  4. Deadline published: 2 Jul 2024, 13:00 BST
    30 May 2024, 11:33 BST
  5. Status changed to complete
    10 Apr 2025, 08:03 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
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1 amendment published without a description.

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2024-02: 1 release · 1 Feb 2024

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £9,500,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 3 Apr 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Mac Clinical Research Finance Ltd£9,500,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth 10 South Colonnade, London, London, E14 4PUContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.