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Published 20 Mar 2026, 18:12 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Mental Health Research Programme - TN

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£999,984published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 27 Feb 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Kings College London2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Research under the banner of Mental health in Large Scale Combat Operations. Using this umbrella topic, this research will identify and develop smaller research projects in order to improve mental health outcomes for serving personnel.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
73110000 Research services73111000 Research laboratory services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
20 Mar 2026, 18:12 GMT
Last source update
20 Mar 2026, 18:22 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-025998
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0670d6 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Prototypes Development
Published justification

Exempt from single-source requirements: Per PA23 Schedule 2 Subject – Matter Exempted Contracts (including Research and development services at Para 22)

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Mar 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    20 Mar 2026, 18:12 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract details notice published
    20 Mar 2026, 18:22 GMT
    UK7
  3. Contract signature expected
    20 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £999,9841 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Feb 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Kings College London20 Mar 2026 – 28 Feb 2030£999,984same award published again · counted once—Standstill
Kings College London£999,984 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 2 · Kings College London

    Signed
    27 Feb 2026
    Value
    £999,984
    Period
    2 Mar 2026 – 28 Feb 2030
    Status
    active
    2 agreed KPIs: Timely delivery of each work package – WP1 to WP8 · Social Value
    • Timely delivery of each work package – WP1 to WP8
    • Social Value

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PHVX-4316-ZVGZ DMS Whittington, Lichfield, West Midlands, WS14 9PYContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • King's College LondonAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PHYJ-5565-GJZD Strand, London, London, WC2R 2LSContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender