Award

Cloud Infrastructure, Trusted Research Environment, and Researcher Billing Contract

OUR FUTURE HEALTH

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05 Oct 2022 at 06:57

Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

OUR FUTURE HEALTH, a buyer based in England, has completed the tender process for the Cloud Infrastructure, Trusted Research Environment, and Researcher Billing Contract. This procurement falls under the services category of Information Technology. The contract, valued at 1,970,000 GBP, was awarded to Microsoft Limited for Lot 1 (cloud infrastructure) and DNAnexus Inc. for Lots 2 and 3. The tender closed on 28th March 2022, with the contract period running from 2nd September 2022 to 1st September 2025.

This awarded contract to provide cloud infrastructure and research management services in the healthcare sector offers opportunities for businesses, particularly those in IT services. Small and medium-sized enterprises are well-suited to compete in delivering solutions for secure research environments and managing cloud billing services. Interested parties should focus on innovation and efficiency to align with the healthcare research goals of Our Future Health.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Cloud Infrastructure, Trusted Research Environment, and Researcher Billing Contract

Notice Description

Our Future Health aims to be the UK's largest ever health research programme. It is designed to help people live healthier lives for longer through the discovery and testing of more effective approaches to prevention, earlier detection and treatment of diseases. Our Future Health has procured: - secure and scalable public cloud infrastructure to support our health research programme (Lot 1 - awarded to Microsoft Limited) - a trusted research environment (TRE) to enable registered and approved researchers to access and use data within a secure environment (Lot 2 - awarded to DNAnexus, Inc.) - a partner to manage the billing of cloud compute and storage costs for researchers using the TRE (Lot 3 - awarded to DNAnexus, Inc.) This contract is awarded. The Contract Award Notice published on the Find a Tender Service is here: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027822-2022

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
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Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/43667cbe-c3ac-4e7a-926f-630fa1f96f1e
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure (above threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

72222300 - Information technology services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,970,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£1,970,000 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
5 Oct 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
28 Mar 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
1 Sep 20223 years ago
Contract Period
1 Sep 2022 - 1 Sep 2025 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
OUR FUTURE HEALTH
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SALFORD
Postcode
M3 5GS
Post Town
Manchester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD3 Greater Manchester
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD34 Greater Manchester South West
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Salford
Electoral Ward
Ordsall
Westminster Constituency
Salford

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

DNANEXUS

MICROSOFT

Further Information

Notice Documents

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