Communication Platform (Software App)

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  "id": "066457-2025",
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  ],
  "date": "2025-10-17T16:14:10+01:00",
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  "buyer": {
    "id": "GB-PPON-PYBV-2474-CMNH",
    "name": "East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust"
  },
  "tender": {
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        "suitability": {
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        "contractPeriod": {
          "endDate": "2028-03-31T23:59:59+01:00",
          "startDate": "2026-03-01T00:00:00Z"
        }
      }
    ],
    "items": [
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        "id": "1",
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        "additionalClassifications": [
          {
            "id": "48000000",
            "scheme": "CPV",
            "description": "Software package and information systems"
          }
        ]
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    ],
    "title": "Communication Platform (Software App)",
    "value": {
      "amount": 240000,
      "currency": "GBP",
      "amountGross": 288000
    },
    "status": "planning",
    "legalBasis": {
      "id": "2023/54",
      "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents",
      "scheme": "UKPGA"
    },
    "description": "Communication Platform (Software App) for clinical use.\nIt’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. \nA full description of the required specification is located on the Atamis project.",
    "communication": {
      "futureNoticeDate": "2025-12-12T23:59:59Z"
    },
    "aboveThreshold": true,
    "mainProcurementCategory": "goods"
  },
  "parties": [
    {
      "id": "GB-PPON-PYBV-2474-CMNH",
      "name": "East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust",
      "roles": [
        "buyer"
      ],
      "address": {
        "region": "UKJ44",
        "country": "GB",
        "locality": "Canterbury",
        "postalCode": "CT1 3NG",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "Trust Headquarters, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Ethelbert Road"
      },
      "details": {
        "url": "https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk",
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            "id": "publicAuthorityCentralGovernment",
            "scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE",
            "description": "Public authority - central government"
          }
        ]
      },
      "identifier": {
        "id": "PYBV-2474-CMNH",
        "scheme": "GB-PPON"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "hannah.greening@nhs.net"
      }
    }
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "planning": {
    "documents": [
      {
        "id": "066457-2025",
        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066457-2025",
        "format": "text/html",
        "noticeType": "UK2",
        "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender",
        "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice",
        "datePublished": "2025-10-17T16:14:10+01:00"
      }
    ],
    "milestones": [
      {
        "id": "engagement",
        "type": "engagement",
        "status": "scheduled",
        "dueDate": "2025-11-10T23:59:59Z",
        "description": "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.\nThe objective of this RFI is to:\n• Gather information to support the definition of the project scope and objectives \n• Understand supplier capabilities\n• Assess market conditions, trends and innovations\n• Determine pricing structures \n• Exploring technical solutions \n• Assessing potential risks\nIt’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."
      }
    ]
  },
  "initiationType": "tender"
}