Official UK procurement notice
Ambient Voice Technology - NWL APC
Authority: Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (Central government)·On behalf of: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDear Supplier,
We would like to notify you of an upcoming requirement, and by doing so we are keen to understand where the current and future market is specifically in terms of the requirement laid out.
This Request for Information (RFI) seeks additional information relating to Ambient Voice Technology (AVT).
The North West London Acute Provider Collaborative (NWL APC) which consists Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust and The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking proposals for the implementation of an Ambient Voice Technology (AVT) solutions which includes the ability to perform medical coding. The goal is to enhance clinical efficiency, improve documentation accuracy, and boost productivity while ensuring compliance with data security and regulatory standards.
To access the documents and participate, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal:
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North West London Procurement Services (NWLPS) is a Collaborative Procurement Organisation. The NWL APC have instructed NWLPS to act as their procurement representative, therefore, any communications during this market engagement stage is on behalf of the APC. NWLPS is an agent of the APC, acting on their behalf solely to carry out the market engagement. All decisions will be made by the APC.
CPV: Dictating machines · IT software package · Voice recognition software development services · Voice recorders · Voice-logging system
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Aug 2025, 10:20 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Aug 2025, 10:20 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-049373- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058978Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
18 Aug 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 3 dates- Contract starts18 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Planning notice published18 Aug 2025, 10:20 BST
- Market engagement1 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
2 Week time period given for bidders to submit a completed RFI document.
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published18 Aug 2025, 10:20 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
5 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS TrustProcuring entityNorth West London Procurement Services (NWLPS) will be managing this engagement on behalf of the APC. NWLPS is hosted by Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust.
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustContracting authorityPublic authority - central government
- London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustContracting authorityPublic authority - central government
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustContracting authorityPublic authority - central government
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender