CPRD Safe Programme

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

MHRA

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

040322-2026

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 72000000

Published tags

award, contract

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

27 Aug 2026

CPRD has significantly expanded the amount of data available for research, increasing volumes fourfold from 15 million patients in 2015, to circa 60 million patients in 2022. CPRD has also increased the number of linked datasets that it supports to 17 and increased its client base by over 30%. In conjunction to this increase in data, regulations governing how health data are provided, maintained, accessed, and used have significantly tightened. Government and NHS reviews on the efficient and safe use of health data, only further underlined that organisations holding healthcare data for research should transition to a trusted research environment (TRE) / secure data environment (SDE)-based model of data access for NHS patient care datasets. In 2022 CPRD embarked on the development of a TRE, branded as CPRD Safe, that provided clients with access to CPRD's healthcare datasets under appropriate approvals and contracts. As it stands, CPRD Safe provides the functionality for current CPRD clients to conduct research on CPRD data using a suite of analytical tools such as python, R, and Stata. CPRD has been awarded funding over the next three financial years (2026/27; 2027/28; 2028/29), to be spent on CPRD Safe enhancements that will add advanced capabilities and ensure that CPRD remains at the forefront of public health benefitting research.

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Observed notice trail

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1. Planning notice observed

   2 Sept 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   053130-2025

   Published tags

   planning

2. Planning record updated

   2 Sept 2025

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   Record references

   Release reference

   053132-2025

   Published tags

   planningUpdate

3. Planning notice observed

   8 Sept 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   054684-2025

   Published tags

   planning

4. Planning record updated

   15 Sept 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• CPRD Safe Programme

  Buyer: MHRASupplier: Telefónica Tech Northern Ireland Ltd

  End date in notice

  1 Apr 2029Date from the linked contract

  Value shown in notice

  £3,872,016Value from the linked contract

  Official source

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  About this figure

  • This figure comes from the linked contract record. Overall totals continue to use the separately published award value.

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  Source

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  Award or lot reference

  2

Related evidence

Published terms and linked processes

• Options are statedLot 1

  Two annual options for the Agency to extend the Contract Term by twelve months. If both Options are exercised, this will mean an estimated Contract End Date of 29/01/2031.

  Published 21 Oct 2025.Open supporting notice 067031-2025
• Renewal information is statedLot 1

  Two annual options for the Agency to extend the Contract Term by twelve months. If both Options are exercised, this will mean an estimated Contract End Date of 29/01/2031.

  Published 21 Oct 2025.Open supporting notice 067031-2025

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