Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 5 Oct 2026, 15:23 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Curated literature based database of germline human genomic variants database

Authority: NHS England (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£2,347,766≈ £1.0m / year · £2,817,319 inc. VAT
Tender notice expected 5 Nov 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrs 3 mostarts 1 Jan 2028

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The requirement is for a database or a tool that clinicians can use to search for rare inherited disease mutations, or search for an overview of known mutations associated with a particular disease, interpreting clinical test results, looking for the likely causal mutation in a list of variants, or seeking to integrate mutation content into your custom NGS pipeline or data repository.

The Database or tool will need to work by collating all published variants into a detailed repository of information. It should easily allow for variants to be listed using transcripts, to ensure that scientists can easily search for the variant they are researching which enormously reduces scientific analytical time, and in turn turn around times for patients.

CPV: Database services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Planned 2 yrs 3 moSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Jan 2028 — 30 Mar 2030 (2 yrs 3 mo)Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
72320000 Database services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
5 Oct 2026, 15:23 BST
Last source update
5 Oct 2026, 15:23 BST
Authority reference
C473330
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Database services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0780fb

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice publishedearlier today
    5 Oct 2026, 15:23 BST
  2. Market engagementin 18 days
    23 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTNHS England is inviting suppliers to respond to the RFI questionnaire. This is a market engagement activity and there is no guarantee that it may result in future procurement activity. Interested suppliers are invited to respond to the request for information questionnaire by the stated deadline to register their interest for this opportunity.
  3. Tender notice expectedin 31 days
    5 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    1 Jan 2028, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    5 Oct 2026, 15:23 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS England

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDPT-3135-BWWY Wellington House, 133-135 Waterloo Rd, London, London, SE1 8UG [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (1)

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Notices published for this procedure