Official UK procurement notice
Communication Platform (Software App)
Authority: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCommunication Platform (Software App) for clinical use.
It’s a cloud hosted app that is used principally, but not exclusively, by doctors. There are 2 main and widely used clinical workflows used across the Trust. Referrals and Handovers. Please note we are not looking for a provider to develop a product the product MUST be ready for deployment and have appropriate clinical safety certification including DCB0129.
A full description of the required specification is located on the Atamis project.
CPV: Software package and information systems
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
- Goods
- 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
- 17 Oct 2025, 16:14 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Oct 2025, 16:14 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-066457- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05cf2cFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
17 Oct 2025 → 1 Mar 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published374 days ago17 Oct 2025, 16:14 BST
- Market engagement350 days ago10 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
East Kent Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) for the purpose of engaging with the market in order to inform the further development of draft proposals for a Clinical Communications Platform.
The objective of this RFI is to:
- Gather information to support the definition of the project scope and objectives
- Understand supplier capabilities
- Assess market conditions, trends and innovations
- Determine pricing structures
- Exploring technical solutions
- Assessing potential risks
It’s a cloud hosted app that is used principally, but not exclusively, by doctors. There are 2 main and widely used clinical workflows used across the Trust. Referrals and Handovers. Please note we are not looking for a provider to develop a product the product MUST be ready for deployment and have appropriate clinical safety certification including DCB0129. Please do not respond to this opportunity if you DO NOT have a readily available product.
- Tender notice expected318 days ago12 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts240 days ago1 Mar 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Oct 2025, 16:14 BSTUK2
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