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title: "Cloud Infrastructure, Trusted Research Environment, and Researcher Billing Contract"
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# Cloud Infrastructure, Trusted Research Environment, and Researcher Billing Contract

Buyer: OUR FUTURE HEALTH  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-66786748-24a6-4f22-85c5-f9fdcc784de5

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/43667cbe-c3ac-4e7a-926f-630fa1f96f1e |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 Oct 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 28 Mar 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Sep 2022 |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2022 - 1 Sep 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,970,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £1,970,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | OUR FUTURE HEALTH |
| Locality | SALFORD |
| Post town | Manchester |
| Postcode | M3 5GS |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester |
| ITL 3 | TLD34 Greater Manchester South West |
| Local authority | Salford |
| Electoral ward | Ordsall |
| Westminster constituency | Salford |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 2 |
| Supplier names | DNANEXUS; MICROSOFT |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72222300 - Information technology services

## Release History

- 5 Oct 2022 at 06:57 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/43667cbe-c3ac-4e7a-926f-630fa1f96f1e

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/43667cbe-c3ac-4e7a-926f-630fa1f96f1e
  5th October 2022 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027822-2022

## Provenance

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