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title: "HSCNI REGIONAL ORDER COMMS FOR NORTHERN IRELAND  Request for Information"
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# HSCNI REGIONAL ORDER COMMS FOR NORTHERN IRELAND  Request for Information

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hscni-regional-order-comms-for-northern-ireland-request-for-information-ocds-h6vhtk-0367b5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Procurement and Logistics Service: "HSCNI REGIONAL ORDER COMMS FOR NORTHERN IRELAND  Request for Information". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Procurement and Logistics Service](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/procurement-and-logistics-service-GB-FTS-4533)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Miscellaneous software package and computer systems, Programming services of packaged software products, Software integration consultancy services, Software package and information systems (+1 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0367b5`

## 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/hscni-regional-order-comms-for-northern-ireland-request-for-information-ocds-h6vhtk-0367b5#tl-md)

## Description
The Business Services Organisation Information Technology Services (BSO ITS), in collaboration with the Department of Health (DoH) and the Health and Social Care (HSC) Trusts, is exploring options for implementing a solution to support the provision of Order Communications (OrderComms) on a regional basis for NI. BSO is also currently considering the potential scope for a regional OrderComms solution, and is considering the following options:
A. A single regional OrderComms solution for NI spanning both Primary Care and Secondary Care
B. A regional OrderComms solution for NI in Primary Care only, which will integrate with a Secondary Care OrderComms solution implemented through the encompass Programme
The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to:
• Identify solution options, with indicative timescales and costs, from the market’s approach to delivering an OrderComms solution for NI
• Learn from any recognised “good practice” from other clients and jurisdictions
• Gauge an interest in the market of the potential opportunity to provide an interim OrderComms solution for NI

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 48000000, 48900000, 72200000, 72210000, 72227000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** This RFI is comprised of the following documentation, which is available at eTenders NI
* RFI (this document) – provides a summary of the client, its system and service requirements and how suppliers should respond to this RFI;
* RFI Response Documen...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025524-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-09-12T13:00:26.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T16:31:04.129Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0367b5