AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
NHS England awarded BLOOMSBURY HEALTH LIMITED a direct, below-threshold contract for renewal of the Referapatient and Treatapatient digital platform supporting Zolgensma referrals for spinal muscular atrophy.
Published outcomeThe published contract record identifies one active award and one active contract, signed on 1 April 2025, with a stated term to 31 March 2026.
Market significanceThis is a small-value, single-supplier software-services renewal procured without competition.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
BLOOMSBURY HEALTH LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · Contract-level value: £18,224.25 excluding VAT; £21,863.09 including VAT GBP · Verified supplier; active award
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Supplier verification identifies company number 08298089 as BLOOMSBURY HEALTH LIMITED. Award 1 names the supplier reference GB-COH-08298089; contract 1 is linked to award 1.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Procurement status
98% confidenceComplete
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Tender lot 1 is marked "complete" in the source data.
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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Award 1 is marked "active".
Contract status
98% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 is marked "active".
Contract signature
98% confidenceSigned on 1 April 2025
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Contract 1 records dateSigned as 2025-04-01.
Later update
95% confidenceContract update published with a correction to the contract start and end dates
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The amendment states: "Correction to Contract start and end date." The update notice is dated 12 October 2026.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£18,224.25
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Contract 1 value.amount is 18224.25 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£21,863.09
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 21863.09 GBP.
Value allocation
97% confidenceThe published value is contract-level and is not separately allocated to lot 1.
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The contract contains one overall value; no lot-level value is supplied.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract start
99% confidence1 April 2025
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2025-04-01.
Contract end
99% confidence31 March 2026
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2026-03-31.
Initial contract notice publication
98% confidence11 August 2026
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Release history records release 076171-2026 on 2026-08-11.
Updated contract notice publication
99% confidence12 October 2026
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Release history and the contract document record publication on 2026-10-12.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceRenewal of a digital platform comprising Referapatient and Treatapatient for Zolgensma referrals for spinal muscular atrophy.
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Tender title and description.
Lot structure
96% confidenceOne lot (lot 1); no published lot title or detailed lot description.
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Tender and award data refer to lot 1 only.
Service categories
98% confidenceIT services, including software supply services.
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Award item classifications include CPV 72000000 and 72268000.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceDirect procurement
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Tender procurementMethod is "direct".
Competition basis
99% confidenceBelow threshold — without competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails states "Below threshold - without competition".
Bidder and evaluation information
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No bid count, evaluation results or award rationale is provided.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
99% confidence1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026
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Contract period startDate and endDate.
Extension or renewal options
99% confidenceUnknown; information not supplied in the published notice.
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No option, extension or renewal-term data is provided.
Threshold status
99% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract 1 records aboveThreshold as false.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
98% confidenceA single supplier received a direct award for a digital-platform renewal.
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One active award names one supplier; procurement method is direct and the description calls the requirement a renewal.
Pricing visibility
99% confidenceOnly total contract values are published; no unit pricing, pricing schedule or lot-level breakdown is supplied.
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Contract value fields provide totals only.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Date correction
96% confidenceThe record includes a later amendment stating that contract start and end dates were corrected.
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Amendment description: "Correction to Contract start and end date."
Publication timing
99% confidenceThe notices were published after the stated contract start date, including an update after the stated end date.
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Start date is 1 April 2025; release dates are 11 August and 12 October 2026; end date is 31 March 2026.
Missing procurement detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: award date, tender deadline, bid count, evaluation detail, lot title, lot description, lot value, and extension terms.
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These fields are absent or null in the supplied record.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The notice does not provide an award date, bid count, evaluation findings, award rationale, tender deadline, lot title, detailed lot description, lot-level value allocation, pricing breakdown or extension terms.
- The start and end dates were subject to a later published correction; the supplied record does not state the earlier dates.
- The contract notices were published after the stated contract period began, and the update was published after the stated end date.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
NHS EnglandBLOOMSBURY HEALTH LIMITEDReferapatientZolgensmaspinal muscular atrophydigital platformsoftware servicesdirect award
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who received the award?
BLOOMSBURY HEALTH LIMITED, verified against company number 08298089.
What is the contract value?
£18,224.25 excluding VAT and £21,863.09 including VAT, as stated for the contract overall.
When was the stated contract term?
1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026. The source includes a later correction to the start and end dates.
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