# DSIT NI Project BARBARA EOI

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by DSIT.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [DSIT](/buyers/dsit/contract-awards)
- Supplier: The Neurodegeneration Initiative Limited
- Award value: £106,796
- Tender value: £106,796
- Award date: 23 February 2026
- Published: 12 March 2026
- Contract start: 26 February 2026
- Contract end: 31 March 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 65c37a91-d4f3-405c-a8a3-60e461f7fd2a-888251
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-46ec27de-309f-4aab-b2c9-702ac456b544

## Description

The Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Goals initiative \(BARARA\) exists to deliver the government's ambitions set out in the 10 Year Health Plan and Life Sciences Sector Plan, to realise a new generation of precision dementia therapies and solutions for the UK - by accelerating innovations in biomarkers, clinical trials and implementation; working across the dementia research ecosystem\. The Neurodegeneration Initiative is uniquely placed to design and deliver an Expression of Interest \(EoI\) process s to test the feasibility of BARBARA as a federated national platform connecting existing dementia and non-dementia cohorts, and to generate evidence to inform future national scale-up\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/65c37a91-d4f3-405c-a8a3-60e461f7fd2a-888251)