Signal · Supply Chain & Logistics

Contract award: COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST - National Framework Agreement for Provision of Biomedical and Clinical Research Support (GBP 10,000,000)

UK Find a Tender Service OCDS API Authoritative source Published 7th October 2026 United Kingdom

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Contract award notice published on UK Find a Tender by COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST. Procurement: National Framework Agreement for Provision of Biomedical and Clinical Research Support. Description: The objective of this framework is to provide Public Sector Organisations with a comprehensive range of biomedical and clinical research support solutions to contribute to strengthening their research capacity and innovation potential. The scope covers the full research lifecycle, from the design, delivery and management of biomedical and clinical trials to logistics, sample processing, storage, d Category: services. Value: GBP 10,000,000 (stated award/contract value). Supplier(s): UMBIZO LIMITED.

Publication: UK Find a Tender Service OCDS API · Government/Regulator
Published: 7th October 2026
Original report: find-tender.service.gov.uk

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Category: Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography: United Kingdom
Organisations: None identified
Collected: 7th October 2026 · 09:07

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 2 · Moderate

Confidence 3 · Moderate

Initial Significance Moderate (38.2/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (27.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Entity Criticality (2.0/20 points). Initial Confidence Moderate (62.75/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (40.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (2.5/25 points).

Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact
Limiting factor: Entity Criticality

Possibly the same underlying story as Contract award: University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust - Microsoft 365 enterprise agreement (GBP 9,050,000) — flagged automatically, never merged automatically.

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Initial assessment ⓘMore about Initial Signal AssessmentProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.