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Published 22 Oct 2025, 10:01 BST

Official UK procurement notice

NECTAR Electronic Patient Record

Official notice

Authority: The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

GoodsOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£150,000≈ £50k / year · £180,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 23 Oct 2026
Next notice expected 1 Dec 2025
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2030 · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The 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 published
Lot #1Renewal 3 yrsSMEPublished value£150,000
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensionsValue: £150,000 exc. VAT · £180,000 inc. VAT
Eligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: 2 x 12 month extensions at the Trusts discretion

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60%
  • Commercial: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Commercial
  • Quality
What this means for your bid
  • 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)
Patient-administration system
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d14b Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account PER buying organisation portal · password resets come "from Salesforce.com" (check spam)
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
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Submissions to be submitted via Atamis - C396579

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Timeline

22 Oct 2025 → 1 Apr 2027 · 8 dates
  1. Planning notice published369 days ago
    22 Oct 2025, 10:01 BST
  2. Market engagement353 days ago
    7 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.
  3. Next notice expected329 days ago
    1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  4. Tender notice published34 days ago
    22 Sept 2026, 14:40 BST
  5. Clarification questions by3 days ago
    23 Oct 2026, 11:59 BST
  6. Submission deadline3 days ago
    23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  7. Today
    27 Oct 2026
  8. Award decision expected byin 94 days
    29 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
  9. Contract startsin 155 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Oct 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    22 Oct 2025, 10:01 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    30 Oct 2025, 14:46 GMT
    UK2
  3. Tender notice published
    22 Sept 2026, 14:40 BST
    UK4
  4. Status changed to active
    22 Sept 2026, 14:40 BST
  5. Procurement method changed
    22 Sept 2026, 14:40 BST
  6. Deadline published: 23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
    22 Sept 2026, 14:40 BST
Published amendments (1)

Additional information added

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDCY-5582-YRHQ Regent Point, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, North East, NE7 7DNContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure