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title: "Large-scale Participatory Community Based Surveillance Study- EMEN"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05ac13"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ACTING AS PART OF THE CROWN THROUGH UK HEALTH SECURITY AGENCY"
published: "2025-10-10"
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# Large-scale Participatory Community Based Surveillance Study- EMEN

Buyer: SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ACTING AS PART OF THE CROWN THROUGH UK HEALTH SECURITY AGENCY  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05ac13

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## Summary

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), acting as part of the Crown through the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, is currently in the planning stage of a pre-market engagement for a large-scale participatory community-based surveillance study. The focus is on developing capabilities for the surveillance of infectious diseases and public health threats across the United Kingdom. This early market engagement, titled "Large-scale Participatory Community Based Surveillance Study - EMEN", seeks to assess the market's ability to meet the needs of a nationwide surveillance study, covering services under research, health, and social work categories. Located in London, with a specific project reference C390300, this planning activity is designed to be informative and non-competitive, with a deadline for stakeholder engagement responses scheduled for 4th November 2025.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in research and development, health surveillance, and digital platform services. Companies that offer solutions like participant portals, questionnaire systems, or innovative community health surveillance methodologies are especially well-suited to engage with this project. A comprehensive understanding of population-based studies and the ability to provide scalable and flexible solutions would be highly valuable. Given the long-term potential for collaboration in public health emergencies and pandemic preparedness, businesses that can offer cost-effective, responsive, and adaptable services could greatly benefit from this engagement.

## Notice

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), an Executive Agent of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is the nation's expert health security agency. This pre-market engagement is not a competitive process but is intended to help UKHSA assess options for the contingent development of large-scale community-based surveillance studies and develop full end-end capabilities. Large-scale Community Based Surveillance population studies may include some or all of the following components from the market: Participant portal and questionnaire platform with integration with additional existing fulfilment streams, and population representative cohort. Background: UKHSA's mission is to protect each member of every community from the impact of infectious diseases, chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear incidents, and other health threats. We provide scientific, clinical and operational leadership at national and local level, as well as international, to make the nation's health secure. One requirement is the maintenance of a contingency large-scale population study capable of estimating the baseline prevalence and rate of change of a given pathogen in the community. This "participatory community-based surveillance" relies on some form of self-reported information from enrolled citizens, often supplemented through biological testing, either actively as part of a defined study (such as the ONS-operated Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey or Schools Infection Survey, UKHSA-led Winter Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Study, or the Imperial College London-led REACT study), or through passive citizen-led submission of information (such as the Zoe Symptom Study and App.). Large scale population studies of this type require participation from a population that can form a representative sample set - either general population or within defined sub-groups, such as adult social care, or nursery and school-age children. For the most part any inter-incident activity would be at very low levels to test operations but must be capable of being scalable with rapid activation and modular design, enabling the flexible and rapid addition of new questions, data fields, or diagnostics in response to incidents. This requirement is for the procurement one or more of the following: 1. A participant portal to manage study enrolment, consent, questionnaire and testing data, and enable physical fulfilment integration; or 2. a ready participant cohort, statistically representative of the population according to key characteristics, in particular age, ethnicity, gender, deprivation level, urban v. rural, and large enough to meet the sampling frame (see below). Geographic distribution would be across all English regions and could cover the Devolved Administrations; 3. both a participant portal to manage enrolment, consent, questionnaire and testing data, and physical fulfilment integration, and to develop and maintain a readiness cohort of a ready participant cohort, statistically representative of the population according to key characteristics, in particular age, ethnicity, gender, deprivation level, urban v. rural, and large enough to meet the sampling frame (see below). Geographic distribution would be across all English regions and could cover the Devolved Administrations. 4. An innovative solution which achieves the essential Outcomes specified in option 1-3 but delivered through an alternative approach The purpose of this Engagement is to enhance the Authority's understanding of the marketplace and its options for sourcing for a potential future requirement. The issuance of this Early market engagement does not constitute a sourcing exercise nor will the Authority pay any costs incurred in the preparation of a response to this EMEN, should you have any questions or queries relating to this RFI, please use the Atamis portal's messaging Centre to direct your questions to us for a response. All communications must be sent through the e- tendering Portal https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome. Atamis project reference:C390300

### Planning Information

UKHSA is assessing options for the contingency development of large-scale community-based surveillance studies and to develop full end-end capabilities. This is an Early market engagement only. This EMEN is issued solely for information and planning purposes it does not constitute an Invitation to Tender (ITT) or a promise to issue an ITT in the future. This engagement does not commit UKHSA to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. The UKHSA’s key objectives for this EMEN are: 
• To understand the market’s interest in meeting its requirements. 
• To understand the market’s appetite for meeting UKHSA’s needs via different contracting models. 
• Estimated costs for delivering one of the Options (1-4) as set out in the attached. 
• The ability for UKHSA to flexibly utilize the capabilities in public health emergencies for outbreaks, including for pandemic preparedness.
Should you wish to respond to this Early market engagement
access the EMEN document and submit your response via Atamis e tendering portal, https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome. project reference C390300

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063982-2025 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Oct 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 15 Jan 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ACTING AS PART OF THE CROWN THROUGH UK HEALTH SECURITY AGENCY |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | East London |
| Postcode | E14 4PU |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI42 Tower Hamlets |
| Local authority | Tower Hamlets |
| Electoral ward | Canary Wharf |
| Westminster constituency | Poplar and Limehouse |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 79714000 - Surveillance services
- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 10 Oct 2025 at 07:53 - PlanningUpdate - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063982-2025
- 10 Oct 2025 at 07:52 - PlanningUpdate - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063979-2025
- 9 Oct 2025 at 15:53 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063906-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063982-2025
  10th October 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063979-2025
  10th October 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063906-2025
  9th October 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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