Genomics England Researcher Platform

A Tender Notice
by GENOMICS ENGLAND LIMITED

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
4 year
Value
£14M
Sector
TECHNOLOGY
Published
22 May 2025
Delivery
01 Apr 2026 to 01 Feb 2030
Deadline
18 Jul 2025 11:00

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Location

United Kingdom:

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1 buyer

Description

Genomics England are procuring a Researcher Platform, i.e. a coherent and interoperable set of tools to access, visualise, and analyse research data. Continuing our alignment with the government “cloud-first” strategy, the Researcher Platform will leverage the underlying cloud infrastructure which is procured separately. The Researcher Platform we are seeking to procure includes specialised tools, features to promote collaboration, and scientifically focused user interfaces missing from the standard cloud provider’s toolkits. This will result in easier onboarding and adoption, better user experience, larger reach and scale-up. The procurement of the Researcher Platform is driven by Genomics England's commitment to serving Users. We aim to provide a secure, user-friendly platform that caters to varying technical abilities, ensuring that all users can effectively analyse data. This means procuring a platform with an optimal set of tools and capabilities to be leveraged to cater for these many varying needs and collaborating with a mature third-party provider that is willing to follow and implement the innovations that can improve user experience and research output. During the Contract Term the successful Supplier shall develop, Test, deploy, and support a Researcher Platform for a minimum of 600 Monthly Active Users over the Contract Term, rising to 2000 Monthly Active Users by the end of a possible five-year Contract Term. The Researcher Platform will conform with the requirements set out in the tender documentation. The expected contract signature date is April 2026, and the expected implementation period is up to 10 months. The Initial Term of the Contract from the Service Commencement Date will be three years, with the opportunity to extend by up to an additional two years, making the total possible Contract Term five years. After the Service Commencement Date, the successful Supplier will continue to develop, improve, and maintain the Researcher Platform, and provide the support services in accordance with the Contract.

Renewal Options

The Authority will be entitled at its absolute discretion to extend the Contract Term on the same terms and conditions for a further period or periods of up to a total extension period totalling 2 years form the original contract end date.

Award Criteria

Price The lowest sustainable indicative total price will be given 100% of the price weighting, with other Tenders expressed as an inverse proportion of the lowest price. This will produce the total weighted price scores. Lowest sustainable indicative total price / Tender Price x % weighting = weighted price score
Quality The Quality score will be made up of a number of questions relating to sub-criteria, namely: Researcher core functionality; Machine learning functionality; Keep pace with emerging needs; Integration and compatibility with tools and systems; Performance and scalability; Security compliance; Implementation; Test Management; Service delivery, including user management, training and support; User experience practices; Performance management; and Non-mandatory functional requirements. There will be a pass/fail element covering mandatory functional requirements. Draft Contract Criteria - Note that Tenderers are required to complete ITT Schedule 8 (Tender Response Document – Contract) as part of their submission over and above both the Quality Criteria and the Social Value Criteria. This ITT Schedule 8 document specifies which parts of the Draft Contract must be accepted to meet the mandatory Requirements and which elements that the Tenderer is permitted to mark up and provide their reasons for doing so (though please be aware that the Authority does not intend to negotiate the Draft Contract and the expectation is that Tenderers accept it). Tenderer's responses to the Draft Contract shall be scored in accordance with the scoring table set out in the ITT. The score shall translate into a potential deduction of a maximum of 5% from the Tenderers initial total score for Quality, Social Value and Price depending upon the outcome of the Contract Evaluation as set out in the tender documents.
Social Value The social value element will cover the themes of Sustainable Procurement Practices (Policy Outcome 4) and Increasing productivity through physical and mental wellbeing (Policy Outcome 8).

CPV Codes

  • 48517000 - IT software package
  • 72222300 - Information technology services
  • 72261000 - Software support services
  • 72262000 - Software development services
  • 72263000 - Software implementation services

Indicators

  • Renewals are available.

Other Information

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