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title: "Digital Destruction of Records & Digital Forensics"
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# Digital Destruction of Records & Digital Forensics

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/digital-destruction-of-records-digital-forensics-ocds-h6vhtk-077d95). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust: "Digital Destruction of Records & Digital Forensics". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-hospitals-sussex-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-ryr)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Archive destruction services, Computer audit services, Computer network services, Security software development services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/digital-destruction-of-records-digital-forensics-ocds-h6vhtk-077d95#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-077d95`

## 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/digital-destruction-of-records-digital-forensics-ocds-h6vhtk-077d95#tl-md)

## 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 72212730, 72700000, 72810000, 92512100

- **Contract Period:** 01/01/2027 to 31/03/2027

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F092365-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-30T12:29:00.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T12:50:24.809Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-077d95