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Past Tender Info

Health Economics Support Document.

Please Note: Deadline for proposals is 12 noon on the 18th November.

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SBRI East

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Competition Overview

SBRI (Small Business Research Initiative) East is an innovation programme that has brought business, health, technology and government partners together to deliver a competition for small to medium sized enterprises to provide innovative solutions for identified healthcare problems.

To take forward the Dragons Den-style offer, in 2009 SBRI East secured funding of £3m from four key partners: NHS East of England, European Regional Development Fund, East of England Development Agency and the Technology Strategy Board. In 2011, a further SBRI East competition secured funding of £1m from three key partners: NHS East of England, European Regional Development Fund and the Technology Strategy Board. Background information plus competition winners from 2009 & 2011 can be found to the left of the page. 

The programme aims to find solutions for identified and often intractable health service problems; it also promotes innovation and links across healthcare and business sectors. It has been successful in developing partnerships with regional economic agencies, businesses and the science and industry sector to evidence support for the regional economy during the recession.

Another objective of the programme is to use the power of public sector procurement to secure bespoke R&D and technology development that is specific to NHS needs.


***Information on the latest SBRI East Invitation to Tender can be found to the right of this page.***


 Overall Programme Benefits

  • 5 leading edge products brought to market within 2 years and available now to improve the quality of patient care

  • Health economics analysis completed by independent experts to help companies build their business case for commissioners

  • Over £3m in venture funding raised by companies to date

  • Strong clinical engagement from the region has enabled companies to truly understand the unmet need and innovate the right solution for patients and the NHS

  • Using public sector procurement to provide a lead customer for companies has motivated staff internally to deliver solutions

  • Dragons Den style assessment process encouraged companies to really assess all aspects of their technical, commercial and end user needs prior to commencing the development phase.

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Contact Details 

If you have any questions or require further information on the SBRI scheme please call (01480) 364 925 or email: [email protected].

Previous Competitions
Click on the below links for inforation on 2009 & 2011 competitions.

SBRI 2009


SBRI 2011