Contracts Finder · Historical
Department of Health and Social Care
DHSC: TD: HDRS Corporate technical specialist data services BS
Historical: no longer open for bids.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £750,000Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- Sun 17 May 2026, 12:00 BSTA deadline does not apply to this historical notice. The source records Sun 17 May 2026, 12:00 BST, which is not an open deadline.
- Published
- 8 Jun 2026
- Region
- North East, North West, Yorkshire and The Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
The Health Data Research Service (HDRS) is the most ambitious programme of improvement for UK health and care data ever undertaken. Announced by the Prime Minister in April 2025 and supported by the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), HDRS is being established to provide a secure, single access point to national-scale health datasets for research, innovation and improved public outcomes.
HDRS is currently being incubated by Wellcome as a start-up organisation, with a programme of legal entity incorporation and transfer anticipated during 2026. The organisation will operate across two sites - London and Cambridge - and will serve a wide community of academic, industry, NHS and government stakeholders.
HDRS is seeking to appoint a law firm to provide comprehensive legal support across four core workstreams as it builds its organisation from the ground up.
External legal support is essential for day 1 operation of HDRS. Conflict of Interest and client-attorney privilege mean that it is not feasible to continue to utilise Wellcome Trust and DHSC legal advisors after the date of incorporation. This is a recognised issue by GLD and DHSC who have supported HDRS in identifying the solution - to procure external legal support through a direct award under a Government owned framework agreement.
HDRS is seeking to appoint 2 legal services firms to support its mobilisation and transformation activity over the coming we months.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 79100000
- 79000000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 8 Jun 2026Contract notice
Contract notice published 8 June 2026.
Release 0523f606-a199-449c-9fd9-80d64313cef1
View this release on Contracts Finder (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- Only one release is held, so there is no change history.
06/ Questions
About this notice
07/ Tender hubs
More government tenders like this
This notice is closed and kept here as a record. These pages list the live notices in the same subject, buyer or place. Chosen by a fixed rule on the notice’s title, buyer and region.
Open now in Government tenders
- Supply Chain Notice: WC1948344 - CIDP26 Islandwide Demolitions, Dhekelia & Episkopi (CYPRUS)Ministry of Defence · West Midlands · Published 20 Oct 2026CIDP 26 ISLANDWIDE DEMOLITIONS - DHEKELIA & EPISKOPI STATIONS Project Scope The project comprises the demolition of 24 No. assets at Minden Village, Dhekelia, together with the removal of associated infrastructure, with the objective of returning the affected areas to brownfield status. The sc£1,000,000Estimated value stated in the noticeCloses Thu 22 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Provision of Heathrow Expansion Banking AdvisorDepartment for Transport · Published 25 Sep 2026The Department for Transport (DfT) is seeking to appoint an experienced Banking Adviser to provide independent financial and commercial advice in support of the Heathrow expansion programme. The Government's ambition is to enable the delivery of an operational third runway at Heathrow Airport by 203£3,000,000Estimated value stated in the noticeCloses Fri 23 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- DOF - Office Portering Service and Short-term Storage of Furniture for Department of Finance Properties DivisionDepartment of Finance · Published 23 Sep 2026The Department of Finance (DoF) Properties Division (PD) Estate comprises properties distributed throughout Northern Ireland. These properties vary in size and operational capacity, ranging from small office locations to major office facilities accommodating in excess of 1,000 staff. A major require£825,000Estimated value stated in the noticeCloses Mon 26 Oct 2026, 15:00 GMT
08/ Related
Where to go next
These links follow a fixed rule applied to this notice’s buyer, text and CPV codes. They are not advice on whether to bid.
- Reference
- 0523f606-a199-449c-9fd9-80d64313cef1
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Stage
- contract · Contract
- Last verified
- Wed 10 Jun 2026, 01:01 BST
- Read at
- Fri 23 Oct 2026, 00:15 BST
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.
Built on published notices from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.