At a glance
Health Research Authority has awarded £34.3m across 51 suppliers, with 20 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 51% · 0 open notices now · 2 awards in last 90 d (£124k) · SME share 42% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
Health Research Authority is a contracting authority, based in UKI41. Tracks 68 published notices and 66 awards on PublicSupply.
Spend profile
Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.
Contract pipeline
Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.
Planned
1
Open (bidding)
0
Awarded (90d)
2
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 20 live
All contracts with a published award notice where Health Research Authority is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communications Officer | VENN GROUP LIMITED | 79600000 | £29k | 20 Apr 2026 | active |
| AI Strategic Framework | THEVISIONARYS LTD | 73000000 | £95k | 16 Apr 2026 | active |
| A Trusted HRA - Sentiment Analysis | I.F.F RESEARCH LIMITED | 73110000 | £58k | 06 Feb 2026 | active |
| Corporate Travel and Venue Booking Services | Corporate Travel Management (North) Limited | 63515000 | £1.6m | 14 Dec 2025 | active |
| Data Service Delivery Partner | — | 72300000 | £3.0mest. | — | planning |
| Data Warehouse Proof of Concept | Concept Analytics Ltd | 72300000 | £100k | 05 Nov 2025 | active |
| Workstation Assessments and Furniture | Posturite Ltd | 39130000 | £40k | 05 Dec 2025 | active |
| Accessibility Audit Services | ZOONOU LIMITED | 72254100 | £100k | 30 Oct 2025 | active |
| Media and Social Media Monitoring | Access Intelligence Media and Communications Limited | 48500000 | £30k | 08 Sept 2025 | active |
| Teams Connected Telephone System | GAMMA NETWORK SOLUTIONS LIMITED | 64220000 | £30k | 04 Jun 2025 | active |
Top suppliers · by total award value
Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.
Category spend breakdown
By CPV division · lifetime awards
Activity heatmap
Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.
Commercial & procurement leadership
Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.
Curated leadership roster
Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.
Modifications · 0 in 90 d
Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.
No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.
Health Research Authority has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.
Compliance & transparency
FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.
FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion
Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.
SME & social value
Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.
target 33%
Peer benchmark
vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.
Compare against the peer group
£149 / seat / month. Configurable peer groups, rolling trendlines, and CSV / PDF exports for board packs.
News mentions
Major UK press & trade publications.
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Statutory & accountability
Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.
Identifiers & contact
- Type
- Contracting authority
- Region
- UKI41
- Contact
- Laura Heal
- commercial@hra.nhs.uk
Board & accountable officers
Accountable officer + board roster
Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.
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