Official UK procurement notice
CPRD Feasibility Tool · UK public procurement notice
Authority: MHRA (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe requirement is for a white-labelled feasibility and population analytics platform, deployed within CPRD-managed Microsoft Azure infrastructure and operating exclusively against CPRD datasets formatted in the OMOP Common Data Model. The proposed solution must natively support the OMOP Common Data Model and should not require material restructuring, remodelling or transformation of CPRD OMOP datasets to operate. The platform must enable CPRD staff and CPRD-approved external client to conduct self-service feasibility studies and descriptive epidemiological analyses without requiring supplier intervention.
CPV: IT software package
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£3,000,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality Response: 90%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality Response
- Social Value
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £1,998,175 (twice the annual value).
Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How MHRA buys Communication software package (CPV 4851), and who usually turns up
MHRA’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Communication software package (CPV 4851) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 37 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid43% / 25%
2–324% / 0%
4–624% / 25%
7+10% / 50%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate42% / 80%
Within ±2%25% / 20%
Above estimate33% / 0%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 4851Published estimate£3.0m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid16%
2–311%
4–623%
7+50%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 56 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£2.7m–£3.0m
Estimate£3.0m
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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Softcat PlcLarge | £269m351 awards in 36m · last this month | 100 live · £569m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=4 |
Insight DirectLarge | £72m175 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 39 live · £28m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 21% below n=5 |
| £27m43 awards in 36m · last this month | 21 live · £134m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 24% below n=2 | |
IDOX SOFTWARE LTDLarge | £14m70 awards in 36m · last this month | 22 live · £3.6m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 17% below n=6 |
| £37m70 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 17 live · £6.2m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=9 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Sept 2026, 17:59 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Oct 2026, 15:13 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 14 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
C472732- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-098565- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0776f0Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Atamis (Health Family)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 19 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 2 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
The Invitation to Tender will be published on the DHSC e-tendering portal - Atamis. Submissions must be via this portal.
Timeline
21 Sept 2026 → 24 Dec 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published35 days ago21 Sept 2026, 17:59 BST
- Market engagement17 days ago9 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
The requirement is for a white-labelled feasibility and population analytics platform, deployed within CPRD-managed Microsoft Azure infrastructure and operating exclusively against CPRD datasets formatted in the OMOP Common Data Model. The proposed solution must natively support the OMOP Common Data Model and should not require material restructuring, remodelling or transformation of CPRD OMOP datasets to operate. The platform must enable CPRD staff and CPRD-approved external client to conduct self-service feasibility studies and descriptive epidemiological analyses without requiring supplier intervention.
For the avoidance of doubt, any information provided to the MHRA in response to this RFI will be treated as confidential and non-binding. No contract will be awarded as a consequence of this RFI process, however, the MHRA may launch a procurement opportunity in the near future.
Responding to this RFI is not a prerequisite for participation in a subsequent procurement, nor does it give any advantage in that procurement. The MHRA would welcome responses to this RFI in order that the MHRA can build an understanding regarding the current and future provision of the project.
The date by which responses to the RFI must be received is 14:00 on 9th October 2026.
For a copy of the RFI document, please email: harry.crouch@mhra.gov.uk.
Please send submissions to:
julieanne.mollen@mhra.gov.uk and jonathon.moloney@mhra.gov.uk
- Tender notice published7 days ago19 Oct 2026, 14:46 BST
- Next notice expected7 days ago19 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 7 days2 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 24 days19 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 49 days14 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 58 days24 Dec 2026
Notice history
7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Sept 2026- Planned procurement notice published21 Sept 2026, 17:59 BSTUK3
- Preliminary market engagement notice published25 Sept 2026, 08:27 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published19 Oct 2026, 14:46 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active19 Oct 2026, 14:46 BST
- Deadline moved to 16 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT19 Oct 2026, 14:46 BST+14 days · was 2 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Tender notice published19 Oct 2026, 15:13 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 19 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT19 Oct 2026, 15:13 BST+3 days · was 16 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT
Published amendments (1)
Updated ITT with new timetable.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-09: 1 release · 21 Sept 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (8)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender