Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 5 Mar 2025, 13:07 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

IT Services Provisioning · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Jul 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 1 Nov 2031 · starts 1 Nov 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Cambridge 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 published
Lot #1Planned 5 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Nov 2026 – 1 Nov 2031 (5 yrs)
Delivery: East of EnglandEligibility: SME eligible

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)
Information technology services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e9c9 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

5 Mar 2025 → 1 Nov 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    5 Mar 2025, 13:07 GMT
  2. Market engagement
    30 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.

  3. Tender notice expected
    1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Today
    31 Oct 2026
  5. Contract startsin 18h
    1 Nov 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    5 Mar 2025, 13:07 GMT
    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

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-NHS: RGT · GB-PPON: PPCP-8863-HDGN Hills Rd, Cambridge, East of England, CB2 0QQContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure