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Published 2 Sept 2025, 12:54 BST

Official UK procurement notice

CPRD Safe Programme · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: MHRA (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£7,500,000≈ £2.5m / year · £9,000,000 inc. VAT48.4% below final estimate
Submissions closed 25 Nov 2025awarded 11 Feb 2026
Awarded to TELEFÓNICA TECH NORTHERN IRELAND LIMITED2 awards
Contract term 3 yrsends 29 Jan 2029 · up to 29 Jan 2031 with extensions · starts 30 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

CPRD 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 published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 3 yrsSMEPublished value£7,500,000
Contract period: 30 Jan 2026 – 29 Jan 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 29 Jan 2031 with extensionsValue: £7,500,000 exc. VAT · £9,000,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: LondonEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Two annual options for the Agency to extend the Contract Term by twelve months. If both Options are exercised, this will mean an estimated Contract End Date of 29/01/2031. · Two annual options for the Agency to extend the Contract Term by twelve months. If both Options are exercised, this will mean an estimated Contract End Date of 29/01/2031.

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: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 70%
  • Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical
  • Price
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
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)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059217 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

As per Contract Terms

Review and risk notes
Risks

As per Contract Terms

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account PER buying organisation portal · password resets come "from Salesforce.com" (check spam)
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
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

2 Sept 2025 → 1 May 2026 · 11 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    2 Sept 2025, 12:54 BST
  2. Market engagement389 days ago
    26 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]

  3. Next notice expected386 days ago
    29 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Tender notice published365 days ago
    21 Oct 2025, 11:23 BST
  5. Clarification questions by348 days ago
    7 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
  6. Submission deadline330 days ago
    25 Nov 2025, 14:00 GMT
  7. Award decision expected by277 days ago
    16 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  8. Contract starts264 days ago
    30 Jan 2026
  9. Assessment summaries sent243 days ago
    20 Feb 2026
  10. Standstill ends230 days ago
    4 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
  11. Latest notice published173 days ago
    1 May 2026, 10:00 BST

Notice history

11 events · 8 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Sept 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    2 Sept 2025, 12:54 BST
    UK1
  2. Pipeline notice published
    2 Sept 2025, 12:56 BST
    UK1
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    8 Sept 2025, 14:33 BST
    UK2
  4. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    15 Sept 2025, 16:38 BST
    UK2
  5. Tender notice published
    21 Oct 2025, 11:23 BST
    UK4
  6. Status changed to active
    21 Oct 2025, 11:23 BST
  7. Deadline published: 25 Nov 2025, 14:00 GMT
    21 Oct 2025, 11:23 BST
  8. Contract award notice published
    23 Feb 2026, 15:53 GMT
    UK6
  9. Status changed to complete
    23 Feb 2026, 15:53 GMT
  10. Contract signature expected
    9 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  11. Contract details notice published
    1 May 2026, 10:00 BST
    UK7
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
Awards 2
Awarded value £3,782,0161 award exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 1latest 26 Mar 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
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£3,782,01611 Feb 2026standstill to 4 Mar 2026Standstill
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

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4final-stage tenders · 9 at stage one00—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

MHRA

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PJLJ-9824-VXPG 10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, London, E14 4PUContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Telefonica TechAwarded supplierGB-COH: NI028408 Concourse Building 3, Queens Road,, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT3 9DTContact email

Official documents & specifications (12)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure