NHS Business Services Authority seeks £30m research data platform
The health service is building a UK-wide digital system to track research delivery across health and care organisations in real time.
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NHS Business Services Authority is seeking suppliers for a £30m Research Delivery Data and Intelligence solution to provide near real-time oversight of UK health and care research delivery. The unified platform will offer central, regional and local portfolio management with data integration and reporting tools for patients, industry and stakeholders. Tender closes 21 July 2026.
NHS Business Services Authority is inviting bids for a unified Research Delivery Data and Intelligence solution worth an estimated £30m, designed to give a near real-time overview of research delivery across the UK health and care system.
The contract covers development of a digital service that will serve patients, the public, industry and other stakeholders with information on health research happening across the country. The platform will provide deeper insights into research performance, capacity and capability in research delivery organisations.
The solution must deliver central, regional and local portfolio management capability alongside a central data and intelligence integration, analysis and reporting tool. This will allow UK administrations and wider stakeholders to interrogate and display research delivery data in multiple ways.