Official UK procurement notice
NECTAR Electronic Patient Record
Authority: The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe scope of this project is to deliver a region wide fit for purpose electronic patient record system for NECTAR, enabling intuitive clinical documentation, mobile and offline access, safe and auditable electronic prescribing, where the system will be designed to support adaptability for future service and regulatory changes.
CPV: Patient-administration system
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£150,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 60%
- Commercial: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Commercial
- Quality
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 22 Oct 2025, 10:01 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Sept 2026, 14:40 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 29 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
C396579- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-089704- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d14bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Oct 2026, 11:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Submissions to be submitted via Atamis - C396579
Timeline
22 Oct 2025 → 1 Apr 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published369 days ago22 Oct 2025, 10:01 BST
- Market engagement353 days ago7 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
NECTAR (North East & Cumbria Transport And Retrieval) provides critical care transport across the North East, the United Kingdom and overseas, delivering intensive care to more than 1,000 adult and paediatric patients.
The service is looking for an electronic patient record (EPR) to manage the entire clinical pathway. It must enable intuitive clinical documentation, mobile and offline access, safe and auditable electronic prescribing, and where the system will be designed to support adaptability for future service and regulatory changes.
We are looking for an established system, ready to implement, and preferably in use in a similar service.
The Trust is undertaking pre-market engagement in order to gain initial supplier awareness, engagement, and opinion as well as providing confidence to the Trust around viability of concept.
The engagement includes a list of high level requirements which will be sent via email to prospective suppliers.
If you're interested in partaking in the Pre-Market Engagement, please make digital correspondence to the contact details provided by 07/11/2025.
Please Note:
- This is not a call for tender and does not obligate the Trust to start a future procurement process.
- Participation or non-participation will not prevent a supplier from participating in a future procurement process.
- Any information provided is indicative and the Trust reserves the right to make changes.
- The Trust will not be liable for any costs incurred by suppliers participating in the engagement exercise.
- Any demonstrations may be possible at the Trusts discretion upon arrangement only.
- Next notice expected329 days ago1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published34 days ago22 Sept 2026, 14:40 BST
- Clarification questions by3 days ago23 Oct 2026, 11:59 BST
- Submission deadline3 days ago23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 94 days29 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 155 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Oct 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published22 Oct 2025, 10:01 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published30 Oct 2025, 14:46 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published22 Sept 2026, 14:40 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active22 Sept 2026, 14:40 BST
- Procurement method changed22 Sept 2026, 14:40 BST
- Deadline published: 23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST22 Sept 2026, 14:40 BST
Published amendments (1)
Additional information added
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender