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title: "DHSC: Business Continuity Management and Emergency Communication Software"
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# DHSC: Business Continuity Management and Emergency Communication Software

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dhsc-business-continuity-management-and-emergency-communication-software-ocds-h6vhtk-04715b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department of Health & Social Care: "DHSC: Business Continuity Management and Emergency Communication Software". Published status: active. Planned Pipeline Value: £200,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 26 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: health-family.force.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Department of Health & Social Care](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-of-health-social-care-gov-d12)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £200,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 26 July 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Software-related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dhsc-business-continuity-management-and-emergency-communication-software-ocds-h6vhtk-04715b#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04715b`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dhsc-business-continuity-management-and-emergency-communication-software-ocds-h6vhtk-04715b#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [health-family.force.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhealth-family.force.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dhsc-business-continuity-management-and-emergency-communication-software-ocds-h6vhtk-04715b#participate

## Description
The BCMS/EMS software should be able to automate some/all of the business continuity tasks that are currently completed manually within DHSC. This aspect of the platform/software would result in significant resourcing efficiencies. Also, the platform/software should support automation for building capability and training for those with a BC role within DHSC. As well as having an exercising capability for testing BC Plans at various levels where the results can be tracked.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 72260000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £200,000
- **Description:** The Business Continuity Management Software and Emergency Messaging System software should ideally be part of the same system/solution. Emergency Messaging should be able to be sent quickly via SMS/email during an incident and have the ability to rec...
- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2024 to 31/10/2026
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018991-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-06-20T08:18:25.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T11:09:36.152Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04715b