Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-2310 Hub Function for the UK Rare Disease Research Platform
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe UK Rare Disease Research Platform (UK-RDRP) is being established by MRC and NIHR to connect and enhance the UK’s strengths in rare disease research. Rare diseases are defined as diseases with a prevalence of less than one in 2000 individuals, and include disease of genetic and non-genetic origins. The aim of the Platform is to underpin greater collaboration between academic, clinical and industry research with essential patients, research charities and other stakeholders to accelerate the understanding, diagnosis and therapy of rare diseases. The Platform will support networking and activities that enable research and will comprise a number of challenge-led thematic nodes (each led by UK research organisations, e.g. universities), with a single, integrated platform Hub.
CPV: Project management consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1This procurement exercise will commission a Hub function for the UK-RDRP, with…Published value£750,000
This procurement exercise will commission a Hub function for the UK-RDRP, with following objectives:
•Coordinate and bring cohesion to the Platform
•Establish and maintain a website, mailing lists and social media presence for the Platform
•Provide a point of contact for external stakeholders
•Administer the Platform.
The Hub will support a set of around 10 -12 nodes (each of which will do networking and enabling science within a specified subset of rare disease research (a ‘domain’)) as well as providing a broad service to all UK rare disease research interests. The Nodes, Hub and all stakeholders and related interests will collectively form the Platform (the UK-RDRP).
The nodes will be funded via an open call, launching in August 2022 with decisions in March 2023 and nodes starting work in May-June 2023. The Platform is co-funded by MRC and NIHR, following MRC processes unless stated otherwise.
The Platform is one of the activities that will support the national Rare Disease Framework, in particular the ‘pioneering research’ theme
The Platform will be managed by a Platform Executive Board (including the funders, node directors, stakeholders and independent members).
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 6 Jan 2023, 12:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Jan 2023, 12:05 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 20 Feb 2023 – …
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-000372- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 Feb 2023, 14:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 20 Feb 2023, 15:00 GMT
Timeline
6 Jan 2023 → 20 Feb 2023 · 3 dates- Notice published6 Jan 2023, 12:05 GMT
- Submission deadline20 Feb 2023, 14:00 GMT
- Bids opened20 Feb 2023, 15:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- UK Research and InnovationReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.