# DSIT & NI - Project Barbara PoC

> 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: £2,750,000
- Tender value: £2,750,000
- Award date: 1 April 2026
- Published: 22 April 2026
- Contract start: 2 April 2026
- Contract end: 31 March 2027
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 0c413c26-8819-4c9f-b8b0-e5461d4edf39-894022
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e0c63242-b8c9-4cb7-b128-47ee16c0953f

## Description

The Dementia Goals programme \(DGP\), part of the Healthcare Goals programme \(based in the Office for Life Sciences within DSIT\)\. The Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Goals programme, aims to speed up the development of new treatments for dementia by accelerating innovations in biomarkers, clinical trials and implementation\. This project is to undertake a Proof of Concept \(PoC\) study to test the feasibility of BARBARA - a Brain Ageing Registry for Biomarkers, Access to trials, Research, and Adoption\. Additional information: n/a

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0c413c26-8819-4c9f-b8b0-e5461d4edf39-894022)