--- title: "NU/1960 Supply and Installation of a Randomisation System" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-1de51756-4983-4163-8fae-fcec79a7d964" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-1de51756-4983-4163-8fae-fcec79a7d964" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-1de51756-4983-4163-8fae-fcec79a7d964.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-1de51756-4983-4163-8fae-fcec79a7d964.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY" published: "2023-10-27" --- # NU/1960 Supply and Installation of a Randomisation System Buyer: NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-1de51756-4983-4163-8fae-fcec79a7d964 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-1de51756-4983-4163-8fae-fcec79a7d964) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-1de51756-4983-4163-8fae-fcec79a7d964.json) ## Summary The Newcastle University has initiated a tender process with the title "NU/1960 Supply and Installation of a Randomisation System" under the industry category of Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services. The procurement stage is currently active, with a tender period ending on December 15, 2023, and a contract period starting on December 30, 2023, and ending on December 16, 2028. The total contract value is GBP 400,000, with an open procurement method. The procurement is seeking cloud-based solutions to be used for clinical trials, with access required from multiple locations across the UK and globally. This tender opportunity by Newcastle University for a randomisation system presents a growth opportunity for businesses specialising in information systems or technology strategic review and planning services. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) would particularly find this tender suitable for competing. The system requirements include features such as web-based interface access, user profile support for trial setup, management and data extraction. Businesses with expertise in cloud-based solutions for clinical trials and a track record of compliance with regulatory requirements would be well-suited to compete in this procurement process. ## Notice Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit (NCTU) is a UKCRC Registered CTU that works in collaboration with investigators to design and deliver trials and studies answering important questions, whose findings bring substantial impact; it has a portfolio across many health and care disciplines and from different funders (public, commercial, and charitable). There are currently over 40 active interventional trials with a total funding value is excess of PS50m, these include international trials and studies and a growing portfolio of trials with adaptive designs. Most of the portfolio are regulated by the Medicines for Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). NCTU works in a demanding and constantly evolving ethical, legal, regulatory and scientific landscape, across multiple countries. We seek opportunities for faster, more efficient, cost effective, and better research. NCTU requires systems that ensure robust trial and study design are conducted in line with MHRA and other legislated regulatory requirements that stand up to international scrutiny. Systems must be suitable for use in academic trials unit and ensure they operate in a way which is complaint with applicable legislation and should combine excellent functionality with customisability that will also require the set-up time of trials and studies to be minimised without impacting on staff time needed to develop, test, and deploy trials and studies within the system. Staff move between locations to work, including from NHS Trusts and from home, and thus secure access from any location is needed to both build and manage the systems. The scope is for the supply, implementation and support for a randomisation system to be used for clinical trials by all members of NCTU, and by trial teams across multiple clinical sites, nationally and globally. The requirements are for established cloud-based, off the shelf solutions which are in use within clinical trial environments. The system must be accessed via a web-based interface. The system must have different user profiles to support the setting up, management and data extraction for statistical analysis. These should include the user types detailed in Sections 2.5.1.6. Newcastle University is not classified as a contracting authority and as such is not obliged to comply with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR), although we may choose to do so if required by a public funding body. For the avoidance of doubt, this opportunity is not being tendered as a regulated procedure under PCR but will follow an equivalent procedure deemed by the University to be fair and transparent. This ITT is issued as a competitive procurement procedure, publicly advertised on the University's e-tender system ProContract. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4ff49988-e90e-470e-8a93-0dff33fb9951 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 27 Oct 2023 | | Submission deadline | 15 Dec 2023 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 30 Dec 2023 - 16 Dec 2028 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £400,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY | | Locality | NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE | | Post town | Newcastle upon Tyne | | Postcode | NE1 7RU | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | | ITL 3 | TLC43 Tyneside | | Local authority | Newcastle upon Tyne | | Electoral ward | Monument | | Westminster constituency | Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West | | Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72222000 - Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services ## Release History - 27 Oct 2023 at 08:59 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4ff49988-e90e-470e-8a93-0dff33fb9951 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4ff49988-e90e-470e-8a93-0dff33fb9951 27th October 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://www.ncl.ac.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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