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Awarded· 15 Jun 2025

Clinical database Childrens HIV and Aids Reporting System (CHARS)

NHS England · Lambeth, London

NHS England has awarded Clinical database Childrens HIV and Aids Reporting System (CHARS). It is a contract for other health and social care in Lambeth.

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Source: Find a Tender, published 27 Jun 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Contract awarded

    University College London, Ucl

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 14:25

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About this tender

In brief

NHS England has awarded Clinical database Childrens HIV and Aids Reporting System (CHARS). It is a contract for other health and social care in Lambeth. The contract went to University College London, Ucl. It was awarded on 15 June 2025.

It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 27 June 2025. The notice number is 035862-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-055554.

Summary of the contracting process

NHS England, a national healthcare agency, has completed a service procurement process for the "Clinical database Children's HIV and AIDS Reporting System (CHARS)." This process is classified under the health services industry category and took place in the United Kingdom. The procurement stage has concluded with the contract being awarded to University College London (UCL) on 16th June 2025.

The procurement method was limited, without a prior call for competition, justified by the unique nature of the services needed, which could only be provided by UCL due to technical reasons. This service is essential for maintaining a clinical database that supports NHS commissioning services by tracking paediatric HIV data across England.

This contract demonstrates the significant role research institutions like UCL play, potentially encouraging collaborations with such entities to meet demanding healthcare data specifications.

The notice in full

Clinical databases are important to specialised service commissioning because population is a requirement of specialised providers (via clinical service specifications) and, in some cases, the clinical databases / registries hold clinical details not located in other information systems, aiding identification of specialised service activity.

The Children's HIV and AIDS Reporting System collects and processes long term follow-up paediatric HIV data for all children living with HIV in England until transition to adult care. The purpose of CHARS is:

* To provide data for public health surveillance of HIV infections among children living with HIV

* To monitor the quality of care of children living with HIV until transition to adult services, including producing quality of care indicators

* To support NHS commissioning services CHARS launched in 2022 and continues paediatric surveillance carried out by the Collaborative HIV Paediatric Study (CHIPS) based at UCL Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit which ran from 2000- 2020, significantly improving the surveillance service in multiple ways.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

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Key facts

Every field the notice carries. Anything it leaves blank is listed under its table.

Contract

Service
Other health and social care
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1
Awarded to
University College London, Ucl
Number of suppliers
1

Procedure

Notice type
Award Notice
Procurement method
Limited
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Current stage
Award
Stages so far
Award
Published on
Find a Tender Service
Awardee scale
SME

Values

Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.

Status

Tender
Complete
Lots
Cancelled
Awards
Active
Contracts
Active

References

Find a Tender notice
035862-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-055554
CPV code
85100000 - Health services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

NHS England is based in Lambeth. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Lambeth
Town
South East London
Postcode
SE1 8UG
Electoral ward
Waterloo & South Bank
Constituency
Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
Region
London
Sub-region
Lambeth
Area
Inner London - East
Country
England
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Buyer and supplier

Contracting authority

Organisation
NHS England
Category
Services
Contact
Russell Greenwood
Address
London, SE1 8UG · London · England

Not stated in the notice: phone.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
University College London, Ucl
Awardee scale
SME
Number of suppliers
1
Awards value
Not stated
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Documents and links

Official sources for this notice. The tender pack itself sits on the buyer's portal.
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Questions about Clinical database Childrens HIV and Aids Reporting System (CHARS)

Who won the Clinical database Childrens HIV and Aids Reporting System (CHARS) contract?

NHS England awarded the contract to University College London, Ucl on 15 June 2025.

Who is the buyer for Clinical database Childrens HIV and Aids Reporting System (CHARS)?

NHS England, based in Lambeth, London. The named contact is Russell Greenwood.

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