Published date: 24 February 2020

Last edited date: 19 March 2020

This notice was replaced on 18 August 2020

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 18 August 2020)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Computer-related services - 72500000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£2,000,000

Procurement reference

UKBB009

Published date

24 February 2020

Closing date

24 April 2020

Contract start date

19 June 2020

Contract end date

19 June 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

UK Biobank is an international resource for health research, offering access to researchers seeking to understand the determinants of disease. Over the next five years, based on current scientific programmes, the UK Biobank resource will grow to approximately 15 Petabytes of data. UK Biobank researchers have previously downloaded data for analysis within their own environment. The increasing scale of the data requires a new approach to data storage and access that allows researchers to bring their analyses to the data through implementation of a managed informatics platform for data access and analysis.

UK Biobank is seeking a supplier that can offer a managed service for the provision of an informatics platform to provide access to, and analysis of, UK Biobank data by its registered researcher community.
Full details of the services required are included within the specification. This Specification sets out UK Biobank's requirements for the initial provision of such a Platform, including:
- technical requirements for Platform functionality;
- implementation approach and testing; and
- service management and support

UK Biobank is seeking a supplier that can provide such a Platform as a managed service with responsibility for all aspects of implementation and ongoing operational management.
The contract will start in May 2020.

Full details of how to apply can be found on the 'mytenders' website - www.mytenders.co.uk

A demonstration forms part of this tender, with full details in the 'Demonstration Evaluation' document in the ITT pack. One-to-one demonstration video calls will be held between Wednesday 15th and Friday 17th April 2020, for which bidders will be asked to be available. These video calls will be recorded. Details will be notified to bidders as soon as possible after the bid submission deadline.

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In light of the prevailing Covid-19 situation and its significant impact on economic activity and organisations around the world, UK Biobank has decided to extend the tender submission timeline by 4 weeks.

About the buyer

Contact name

Andrea Howard

Address

Unit 1-2, Spectrum Way
STOCKPORT
SK30SA
England

Telephone

0161 475 5386

Email

andrea.howard@ukbiobank.ac.uk