Contract award notice
DHSC: National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR): Research Commissioning and Management Services Lot 1
DHSC named LGC LIMITED as the supplier in an award dated 20 July 2026.
What the notice records
- Buyer
- DHSC
- Supplier
- LGC LIMITED
- Awarded value
- £186,310,544 (the notice’s own figure, in GBP)
- Award date
- 20 July 2026
- Notice published
- 13 August 2026
- Category (CPV)
- Research services (73110000)
- Description
- Lot 1, Strategic Business Services and the One NIHR Hub, provides the central coordination, leadership and assurance functions that enable NIHR to operate as a single, coherent system. It delivers shared strategic business services across the NIHR, leads cross-cutting programmes and initiatives, establishes common standards and processes, and provides the overarching framework to support oversight, collaboration and continuous improvement across NIHR as a whole. Through these functions, Lot 1 helps ensure that NIHR collectively delivers maximum impact for patients, the public, the health and care system and economy. There are options to extend the contract by up to 4 years.
- Source
- Contracts Finder — official notice