Official UK procurement notice
IT Services Provisioning · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCambridge University Hospitals (CUH) is committed to leveraging technology to enhance patient care, drive operational efficiency, and ensure compliance with NHS and regulatory standards. Digital capabilities will be a key enabler for the Trust's two new hospitals, the Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital (CCRH) and Cambridge Children's Hospital (CCH). As part of its digital transformation, CUH is reviewing its long-term technology and application strategy to ensure its digital services remain sustainable, scalable, and aligned with evolving healthcare and organisational needs. To support this, the Trust is conducting Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) to evaluate its future approach to IT services and digital infrastructure, ensuring value for money, operational resilience, and future growth. The objective of the PME is to engage the market to help shape the procurement in alignment with the market capabilities, provide perspectives on CUH proposed target states (e.g., bundling of services) and collecting deeper knowledge of innovative solutions. Interested suppliers should contact cuh.tenders1@nhs.net in order to receive a copy of the Request for Further Information and further instructions on participating in this Preliminary Market Engagement.
CPV: Information technology services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
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
- 5 Mar 2025, 13:07 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Mar 2025, 13:07 GMT
- Authority reference
ADD/PU/JoT/24/48- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-008042- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e9c9Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
5 Mar 2025 → 1 Nov 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published5 Mar 2025, 13:07 GMT
- Market engagement30 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
Key Activities & Timeline
- March 5 - Launch of the Preliminary Market Engagement Notice and distribution of RFI document to suppliers that express their interest.
- March 12 - Supplier webinar will be held.
- March 21 - Submission deadline for feedback form included within the RFI document.
- April 7-18 - Potential further supplier engagement and clarification of responses.
We encourage interested suppliers to participate in this engagement and contribute to shaping the future IT outsourcing approach at CUH. If you are interested in participating and want to participate in the supplier webinar, please let us know by contacting cuh.tenders1@nhs.net with your contact information attached.
- Tender notice expected1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Today31 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 18h1 Nov 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 Mar 2025, 13:07 GMTUK2
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
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