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Published 30 Sept 2026, 13:29 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Digital Destruction of Records & Digital Forensics

Authority: University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

ServicesBelow threshold
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72)Recreational, cultural and sporting services (92) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 mostarts 1 Jan 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to secure consultancy to advice on the appropriate preservation of digital and other evidence in support of investigations at the Trust for external scrutiny.

To ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, and NHS standards, the Trust seeks a qualified Digital Forensic Consultancy to provide expert advice and operational support.

The aim is to ensure that all evidence can be preserved in a technical environment that can be accessed over long periods of time i.e. over 10 years. During this period the integrity of data must be retained, even when technical environments need to be updated. The data needs to be legally admissible at whatever point this becomes necessary.

CPV: Archive destruction services · Computer audit services · Computer network services · Security software development services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Planned 3 mo
Contract period: 1 Jan 2027 — 31 Mar 2027 (3 mo)
72212730 Security software development services72700000 Computer network services72810000 Computer audit services92512100 Archive destruction services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
30 Sept 2026, 13:29 BST
Last source update
30 Sept 2026, 13:29 BST
Authority reference
C474281
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Archive destruction servicesComputer audit servicesComputer network servicesSecurity software development services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077d95

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice publishedjust passed
    30 Sept 2026, 13:29 BST
  2. Market engagementin 14 days
    14 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTPre Market Engagment
  3. Contract startsin 92 days
    1 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    30 Sept 2026, 13:29 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PBML-4931-GQBT Lyndhurst Road, Worthing, South East, BN11 2DH [email protected] 01243788122

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure