Official UK procurement notice
Provision of a Southwest Secure Data Environment (SDE) for NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB)
Authority: NHS Bristol North Somerset & South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBNSSG has worked with partners to successfully design, develop, test, and deliver the technical platform for a Secure Data Environment (SDE). This platform provides a controlled and compliant environment for the secure management, sharing, and analysis of sensitive data for the purposes of research.
With the technical build now complete and tested, the programme was in business-as-usual phase. Which will deliver a high-quality live service to researchers throughout 26/27. To supplement existing in-house expertise, a technical partner to support the delivery of a cloud-based service and help continue to improve and develop our platform.
SW-SDE covers 6 integrated care systems (including hundreds of data controllers), who are engaged through a well-established leadership board. The SW-SDE is hosted by NHS Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Integrated Care Board (ICB).
Allocated funding of up to £200,000 for an initial 12-month contract, with a further £200,000 available for an optional 12-month extension option which can be enacted at BNSSG ICB's discretion.
The procurement process was conducted via the Crown Commercial Service G-Cloud 14 Framework agreement. The prescribed buying process was followed to ensure compliant use of the framework set out below:
Search and Long list: Key word search through the digital marketplace
Filter and short list: Filter applied to short list suppliers to relevant offers
Evaluate: Subject matter experts evaluate service offerings and pricing to determine the successful supplier
Consensus: the SCW CSU and BNSSG ICB facilitated a consensus session with evaluators to discuss what scores should be given to supplier offers.
This is a Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Provider Selection Regime Regulations 2023 and the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award.
This procurement was carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.
CPV: Business analysis consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Mar 2026, 12:51 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Mar 2026, 12:51 GMT
- Authority reference
C403723- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-027297- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0673d1Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The awarding decision was approved by the NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB Board.
There were no conflicts or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision declared.
The winning bidder was chosen in line with The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) G-Cloud 14 Framework (RM1557.14)
This is a Public Contracts Regulations 2015 intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR)and The Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award.
This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PCR.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIMPSON ASSOCIATES INFORMATION SERVICES LIMITED | £258,560 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 027297-2026-1 · SIMPSON ASSOCIATES INFORMATION SERVICES LIMITED
- Signed
- 25 Mar 2026
- Value
- £258,560
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS BNSSG ICBReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SIMPSON ASSOCIATES INFORMATION SERVICES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.