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DHSC: Health Data Research Service (HDRS) - LOT 2 Customer Needs Assesment

DHSC, London · published 18 Sept 2025. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

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Contracts Finder release ID68356a32-c968-438e-85cb-df79b0efc362-864448
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-15b65498-f9a2-47b0-893d-99e85379e22c
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-324989
Release typeaward
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Award value
£224,212
award field
Tender value
£224,212
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
79000000
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Delivery
Not stated
SW1H 0EU
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The intention to establish a Health Data Research Service (HDRS) was announced by the Prime Minister in April of this year. This service will be a 'secure single point of access' to local and national-scale datasets for researchers, begin sustainable and long-term initiative. HDRS is intended to create a true-step change for secure access to UK-wide health data, developing a globally competitive service that builds on the foundations of the 'NHS Research SDE Network' and other health data infrastructure initiatives to date across the UK. The contract is expected to run for 8 weeks from 1/09/25-31/10/25. The contract was awarded after competition on MCF3 Framework.

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release18 Sept 2025
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published18 Aug 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published31 Aug 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Oct 2025
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McKinsey & Company, Inc.

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Published 18 Sept 2025 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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