Official UK procurement notice
Digital Primary Care · UK public procurement notice
Authority: NHS England (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS England invites suppliers to take part in an engagement on its plans to introduce a market into Digital Primary Care within NHS England’s Transformation Directorate. This will succeed the GP IT Futures Framework which has now expired. NHSE is looking to engage the market on supply of Digital Primary Care solutions that will be procured by Integrated Care Boards & approved agencies across the UK, ensuring streamlined access to innovative digital solutions. These solutions will be reflective of healthcare professionals' needs, as shared with NHSE through research & user engagement. They will augment those solutions in development or already assured for marketing on the DSIC Catalogue. Market engagement will explore current market capacity across a range of patient-facing, clinical & administrative capabilities; & the extent to which the market could assist with further development of those capabilities through research & innovation.
CPV: Data services · Document management software package · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Information systems · Medical software package · Software implementation services · Software package and information systems
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 3 yrs · up to 5 yrs from 1 Apr 2026
The lotProcurement structure
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Digital Primary Care” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 May 2025, 11:49 BST
- Last source update
- 2 May 2025, 11:49 BST
- Authority reference
C356639- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-018713- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050c1dFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
2 May 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published2 May 2025, 11:49 BST
- Market engagement20 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
Communication The market engagement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, using NHS England’s e-Sourcing portal Atamis, at health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗. Interested organisations are requested to express their interest in the services by visiting the Atamis e-Sourcing portal linked to above and searching for Atamis Reference number C356639 Requests to participate must be submitted electronically via Atamis. Once registered on Atamis, organisations will be directed to published material both on Atamis and an external Confluence site. This material includes a link to an MS Forms Market Engagement Questionnaire, which organisations are encouraged to complete and submit by 5pm on the 20th of June 2025. Please note that clarification questions will be accepted up to 5pm on the 6th of June 2025. Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, via Atamis. This notice is an information gathering exercise and therefore publication or response does not commit the Authority or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. The Authority will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise. Useful Links
- Home - NHS Transformation Directorate (transform.england.nhs.uk ↗)
- NHS England » Digital Primary Care (www.england.nhs.uk/digitaltechnology/di… ↗)
- Primary Care Digital Services Operating Model: (www.england.nhs.uk/digitaltechnology/di… ↗) [Note: a new version of this Model is being prepared for publication]
- Digital Services for Integrated Care (digital.nhs.uk/services/digital-ser… ↗)
- Buying Catalogue: (buyingcatalogue.digital.nhs.uk ↗)
- Central Digital Platform (optional registration) www.gov.uk/government/publicati… ↗
- Contract starts209 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published2 May 2025, 11:49 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