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title: "Provision of Southwest Secure Data Environment (SDE) to NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB)"
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# Provision of Southwest Secure Data Environment (SDE) to NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-southwest-secure-data-environment-sde-to-nhs-bristol-north-somerset-and-south-ocds-h6vhtk-04de76). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS Bristol North Somerset & South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board: "Provision of Southwest Secure Data Environment (SDE) to NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB)". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS Bristol North Somerset & South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-bristol-north-somerset-south-gloucestershire-integrated--nhs-quy)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Information technology services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £200,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04de76`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-southwest-secure-data-environment-sde-to-nhs-bristol-north-somerset-and-south-ocds-h6vhtk-04de76#tl-md)

## Description
The ICB sought a partner to support them to deliver a tenancy and processing layer that had the capability to link and safely store data in the cloud. Due to ambitious timeframes, the partner should have a ready built SDE model to implement.
The procurement followed the procurement process as set out in the buying process for the G Cloud 14 framework

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Description:** The South West Sub National SDE (SW-SDE) is part of NHS England's "Data Saves Lives" strategy, requiring each region to establish a Sub-National Secure Data Environment for health and care research. The SW-SDE covers 6 integrated care systems (includ...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Southwest Secure Data Environment (SDE) for NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB) (active)
  - Award id: `004861-2025-1`
  - Supplier(s): **SIMPSON ASSOCIATES INFORMATION SERVICES LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-186651`
  - Value: £200,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Southwest Secure Data Environment (SDE) for NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB) (active)
  - Signed Value: £200,000
  - Signed Date: 01/01/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F004861-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-02-13T09:49:15.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T13:49:35.442Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04de76