Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 18 Aug 2025, 10:20 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Ambient Voice Technology - NWL APC

Official notice

Authority: Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (Central government)·On behalf of: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term Ends 1 Sept 2025starts 18 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Dear 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:

health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

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 published

Procedure 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)
Dictating machinesIT software packageVoice recognition software development servicesVoice recordersVoice-logging system
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058978 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

18 Aug 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Contract starts
    18 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
  2. Planning notice published
    18 Aug 2025, 10:20 BST
  3. Market engagement
    1 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
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    18 Aug 2025, 10:20 BST
    UK2

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 notice

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PYMN-2374-JNRY St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London, London, W2 1NYContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure