Official UK procurement notice
CPRD Safe Programme · UK public procurement notice
Authority: MHRA (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCPRD has significantly expanded the amount of data available for research, increasing volumes fourfold from 15 million patients in 2015, to circa 60 million patients in 2022. CPRD has also increased the number of linked datasets that it supports to 17 and increased its client base by over 30%. In conjunction to this increase in data, regulations governing how health data are provided, maintained, accessed, and used have significantly tightened. Government and NHS reviews on the efficient and safe use of health data, only further underlined that organisations holding healthcare data for research should transition to a trusted research environment (TRE) / secure data environment (SDE)-based model of data access for NHS patient care datasets.
In 2022 CPRD embarked on the development of a TRE, branded as CPRD Safe, that provided clients with access to CPRD's healthcare datasets under appropriate approvals and contracts. As it stands, CPRD Safe provides the functionality for current CPRD clients to conduct research on CPRD data using a suite of analytical tools such as python, R, and Stata. CPRD has been awarded funding over the next three financial years (2026/27; 2027/28; 2028/29), to be spent on CPRD Safe enhancements that will add advanced capabilities and ensure that CPRD remains at the forefront of public health benefitting research.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£7,500,000
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)
- Technical: 70%
- Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical
- Price
- 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
- 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)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Sept 2025, 12:54 BST
- Last source update
- 1 May 2026, 10:00 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Jan 2026
- Authority reference
C379087- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-067031- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059217Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
As per Contract Terms
- Risks
As per Contract Terms
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 25 Nov 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 7 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
2 Sept 2025 → 1 May 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published2 Sept 2025, 12:54 BST
- Market engagement389 days ago26 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
This contract comprises two distinct phases. For phase 1 the Authority wishes to purchase service to bring the CPRD Safe Trusted Research Environment system out of MVP into Alpha, Beta and production phases by continually developing the product using agile methodology. Phase 2 will focus on service and Maintenance of the CPRD Safe Trusted Research Environment system. MHRA is looking to award one contract to one supplier, but reserves the right to award more than one contract to more than one supplier.
For the avoidance of doubt, any information provided to the MHRA in response to this RFI will be treated as confidential and non-binding. No contract will be awarded as a consequence of this RFI process, however, the MHRA may launch a procurement opportunity in the near future.
Responding to this RFI is not a prerequisite for participation in a subsequent procurement, nor does it give any advantage in that procurement. The MHRA would welcome responses to this RFI in order that the MHRA can build an understanding regarding the current and future provision of the project.
For the avoidance of doubt, any information provided to the MHRA in response to this RFI will be treated as confidential and non-binding. No contract will be awarded as a consequence of this RFI process, however, the MHRA may launch a procurement opportunity in the near future.
Responding to this RFI is not a prerequisite for participation in a subsequent procurement, nor does it give any advantage in that procurement. The MHRA would welcome responses to this RFI in order that the MHRA can build an understanding regarding the current and future provision of the project.
The date by which responses to the RFI must be received is 14:00 on 26th September 2025.
For a copy of the RFI document, please email: [email protected] and during the period 16th September - 26th September please email [email protected] for a copy of the RFI document.
Clarification Questions were received until 15th September. For a copy of the responses to the Clarification Questions, please email [email protected] from 16th September - please be aware that the date by which submissions must be received is 14:00 on 26th September.
Please send submissions to both [email protected] and [email protected]
- Next notice expected386 days ago29 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published365 days ago21 Oct 2025, 11:23 BST
- Clarification questions by348 days ago7 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline330 days ago25 Nov 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by277 days ago16 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts264 days ago30 Jan 2026
- Assessment summaries sent243 days ago20 Feb 2026
- Standstill ends230 days ago4 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published173 days ago1 May 2026, 10:00 BST
Notice history
11 events · 8 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Sept 2025- Pipeline notice published2 Sept 2025, 12:54 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published2 Sept 2025, 12:56 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 Sept 2025, 14:33 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published15 Sept 2025, 16:38 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published21 Oct 2025, 11:23 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active21 Oct 2025, 11:23 BST
- Deadline published: 25 Nov 2025, 14:00 GMT21 Oct 2025, 11:23 BST
- Contract award notice published23 Feb 2026, 15:53 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete23 Feb 2026, 15:53 GMT
- Contract signature expected9 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published1 May 2026, 10:00 BSTUK7
Published amendments (3)
Erroneous text included
Including instructions regarding Clarification Questions
Including instructions regarding Clarification Questions
Routine re-releases (8)
- 2025-09: 5 releases · 2 Sept 2025, 15 Sept 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| TELEFÓNICA TECH NORTHERN IRELAND LIMITEDCPRD Safe16 Mar 2026 – 16 Mar 2029 · up to 16 Mar 2031Extensions: Two twelve-month extensions · Options: Two twelve-month options | £3,782,016 | 11 Feb 2026standstill to 4 Mar 2026 | Standstill |
| TELEFÓNICA TECH NORTHERN IRELAND LIMITED | £3,872,016 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
CPRD Safe Programme · TELEFÓNICA TECH NORTHERN IRELAND LIMITED
- Signed
- 26 Mar 2026
- Value
- £3,872,016
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 1 Apr 2029 · up to 1 Apr 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Two twelve-month extension options
- Options
- Two twelve-month extension options
1 agreed KPI: Support and Maintenance
- Support and Maintenance, • Deliver 24/7 proactive monitoring using Azure Monitor (or equivalent), Log Analytics, and Sentinel. Automate patch management for OS, containers, and dependencies with maintenance windows and rollback validation. Maintain report and manage an evolving, version-controlled troubleshooting knowledge base, linked to telemetry and ticketing systems to support problem recurrence analysis.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders · 9 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Telefonica TechAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (12)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices 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
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender