Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 14 Oct 2026, 16:18 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Endoscopy Management Systems for the Peninsula Endoscopy Network

Authority: Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)·On behalf of: Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

ServicesAbove threshold
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 1 Apr 2032 · up to 1 Apr 2037 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Peninsula Endoscopy Network is made up of four acute NHS Trusts:

  • Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
  • Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
  • University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
  • Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

The current Endoscopy management service is delivered by different suppliers in each Trust, with contract end dates ranging from April 2027 to September 2027 (subject to change depending on potential extensions). Upon expiry, the Peninsula Endoscopy Network is considering the option to move to a single Tier One Supplier to deliver an integrated, end-to-end endoscopy management solution.

The appointed supplier will be responsible for managing all elements of the service, including:

  • Provision of an image management system enabling cross-site reporting and seamless sharing of images and associated data between providers and users within the Peninsula Endoscopy Network and across the wider NHS
  • Full integration with Electronic Patient Records (EPR) EPIC and Oracle Health
  • Full integration with Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) - Beaker - EPIC and Ultra - Cirdan
  • Data storage and archiving
  • Fully cloud based system

CPV: Data management services · Endoscopy, endosurgery devices · Medical information systems · Software implementation services · Software maintenance and repair services · Software supply services · Software support services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust buys Software-related services (CPV 7226), and who usually turns up

Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Software-related services (CPV 7226) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerRoyal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 1 of 3 known-size awards · market: CPV 7226 · South West England, n=103
1 of 337%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in South West England.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 1 of 1 known-location awards · market: CPV 7226 · South West England, n=111
1 of 111%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 7226 · UK-wide, n=43
—54 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 54 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 1 of 3 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 7226 · South West England, n=162
1 of 375%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyerToo few to chart: 2 lots with bid counts, 5 needed · all categories
The market8 lots with bid counts · CPV 7226 · South West England
25% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid25%
Market: 2 of 8 lots with published bid counts.
2–30%
Market: 0 of 8 lots with published bid counts.
4–613%
Market: 1 of 8 lots with published bid counts.
7+63%
Market: 5 of 8 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyerNo estimate-and-award pairs published
The market45 lots with estimate and award · CPV 7226 · UK-wide
58% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate58%
Market: 26 of 45 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%24%
Market: 11 of 45 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate18%
Market: 8 of 45 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 331660 monthsEstimate not published

This lot is listed as CPV 3316. The table above uses the notice category.

Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 22 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet18% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 22 similar lots
1 bid18%
4 of 22 similar past lots received 1 bid (18%).
2–373%
16 of 22 similar past lots received 2–3 (73%).
4–69%
2 of 22 similar past lots received 4–6 (9%).
7+0%
0 of 22 similar past lots received 7+ (0%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 2 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
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
14 Oct 2026, 16:18 BST
Last source update
16 Oct 2026, 14:34 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-098017
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Data management servicesEndoscopy, endosurgery devicesMedical information systemsSoftware implementation servicesSoftware maintenance and repair servicesSoftware supply servicesSoftware support services
Delivery area
South West (UKK3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0787ec Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

14 Oct 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published12 days ago
    14 Oct 2026, 16:18 BST
  2. Latest notice published10 days ago
    16 Oct 2026, 14:34 BST
  3. Today
    26 Oct 2026
  4. Market engagementin 97 days
    31 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT

    All information including timelines, questions and details of demos and participation will be available on SAP Ariba. I would recommend ensuring you are registered for supplier access in advance, as you will need to be so to gain access to the documents. Please note this will be a request for information only at this stage which is expected to be released within the next week. Participation in the RFI will not be mandatory for participation in the tender, however response to the RFI will be required for the opportunity to demo. The demo will be unscored and again for information only. This project is being run by the West of England Diagnostics Network. The Lead Procurement is hosted by Bristol Foundation Trust - however please note Bristol is not part of this opportunity it is for Devon and Cornwall Trusts only.

  5. Contract startsin 156 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Oct 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    14 Oct 2026, 16:18 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    16 Oct 2026, 14:34 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

Please note the RFI has now been posted on SAP Ariba - please follow the below instructions and download the full information Dear bidder, BWPC Ariba has invited you to participate in the following RFT: Pre-Market Engagement RFI. The RFT is set to begin on Friday, 16-Oct-2026 at 14:23, British Summer Time. Use the following username to log in to BWPC Ariba RFT: [PARTICIPANT_USER_NAME]. https://BWP…

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

ROYAL DEVON UNIVERSITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-NHS: RH8 · GB-PPON: PCPD-2769-HGXT Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford), Barrack Road., Exeter, South West, EX2 5DWContact name, email

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Bristol NHS Foundation Trust.Process contact pointProcuring entityLead Procurement by the WoEDN persons hosted by BWPCGB-PPON: PHPY-3425-XCGD Bristol, South WestContact email
  • ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUSTContracting authorityPublic authority - central governmentGB-NHS: REFGB-PPON: PGXP-9455-TXGR Truro, South WestContact email
  • TORBAY AND SOUTH DEVON NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTContracting authorityPublic authority - central governmentGB-NHS: RA9GB-PPON: PJTG-6389-PMXW Torquay, South WestContact name, email
  • UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PLYMOUTH NHS TRUSTContracting authorityPublic authority - central governmentGB-NHS: RK9 Plymouth, South WestContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure