Official UK procurement notice
Clinical Requirements and Research Consultancy for Digital Solution Design
Authority: CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCPI seeks to establish of a framework agreement for Clinical Requirements Specialists consultancy services to support the NG-Dx and other similar programmes. The appointed supplier will be capable of leading qualitative research to define clinical needs and bottlenecks in data and knowledge workflows for clinical diagnostics and decision making in the fields of cancer diagnostics including ctDNA and proteomics. The insights collected will then translated into functional requirements compliant with technical file structures, ultimately leading to actionable and traceable specifications for technology, product and market development in the future.
CPV: Health services · Project management consultancy services · Research and development consultancy services · Research consultancy services · Systems and technical consultancy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 3 Aug 2026
Published description of the framework
CPI will establish a Single supplier framework agreement, against which we will reserve the right to direct award
without further competition. Suppliers will be in a ranked order of 1st, 2nd and 3rd etc. according to their scores
against the evaluation criteria set out below.
As and when we require goods we will confirm our requirements with the preferred (ranked 1st) supplier and place
a Purchase Order. Where preferred supplier is unable to meet our requirements, CPI reserves the right to award
outside of this framework. Pricing should be held throughout the duration of the framework.
- Data Architecture Requirements and Research Consultancy for Cancer Ng-Dx · CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED · 12 Oct 2026
Notices that name this framework as their framework in the official record. Many call-offs are never published, so this is a floor, not utilisation.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat 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).
Lot awarding rule: Will be ascertained by the combined scores out of 100% (see Award Criteria Ratio) as to whom is successfully awarded. Quality & Service Response 70% Price 30% TOTAL 100%
- “Clinical Requirements and Research Consultancy for Digital Solution…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract, and call-offs are awarded directly: getting appointed is the whole game.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Jul 2026, 09:00 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Sept 2026, 09:13 BST
- Authority reference
3927- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-064457- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c6edFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 27 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Electronic Address for Document Access and Receipt of Bids:
in-tendhost.co.uk/uk-cpi/aspx/Home ↗
Bidders will have to register on the above site to not only access the tender (Bid) documents, but also to enable their Bid return (tender submission) electronically in order for their Bid to be evaluated after the closing date and time. Please see the Information for Bidders document.
Timeline
9 Jul 2026 → 2 Sept 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published104 days ago9 Jul 2026, 09:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends85 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown27 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts79 days ago3 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published49 days ago2 Sept 2026, 09:13 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Jul 2026- Tender notice published9 Jul 2026, 09:00 BSTUK4
- Contract details notice published2 Sept 2026, 09:13 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete2 Sept 2026, 09:13 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 1
- Signed
- 28 Aug 2026
- Value
- £173,000
- Period
- 3 Sept 2026 – 2 Sept 2030
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- UmioFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender