Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Department of Health & Social Care · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- LGC Limited
- Value
- £11,618,809
- Procedure
- Competitive dialogue
- Sector
- Research & development · Research services (CPV 73110000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 077150-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Jul 2026
- Published13 Aug 2026Published 24 days after the contract date
Description
Lot 5, Research Commissioning for Applied, Public Health and Social Care Infrastructure, is responsible for commissioning, managing and overseeing NIHR’s infrastructure investments that support population health, public health, social care and health and care service research. It provides strategic oversight of key infrastructure programmes and networks, builds research capability and capacity across the system, and ensures that research infrastructure generates high-quality evidence to inform policy, improve services, reduce inequalities and deliver better outcomes for patients, service users and communities.<br/><br/>There are options to extend the contract by up to 4 years.
About the supplier
LGC Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02991879).