plannedFind a Tender · planning Update

Integrated Core Systems (ICS)

Buyer: North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust →

BuyerNorth West Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Statusplanned

DeadlineNot published

Value£19,300,000

Published3 Sept 2026

What is being bought

A unified, resilient CAD and EPR platform that manages the full patient and incident lifecycle from call intake through each care scenario including hear and treat, dispatch, see and treat and see and convey, clinical handover and post event reporting while meeting NHS security, information governance and availability expectations. The joint solution must minimise duplication, improve clinical safety, and provide real time information flow between control room operations and all care scenarios and locations. See previously published notices in relation to this procurement - UK1: Pipeline notice Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-045009 UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-062364

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned

Contract periodFrom 1 Jun 2029 to 31 May 2036

What is included

Item	Category	Quantity
1	Software package and information systems	Not published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Software package and information systems (48000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison set	Procedures	Reported bids per procedure	Named award suppliers	Price evidence
Market: CPV division 48	4,577	1 median · 9 average (1,593 of 4,577 with a bid count)	1.7 average (1,839 of 4,577 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Same buyer	0	Not published	Not published	Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)	116	Not published	Not published	Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published

Dynamic purchasing systemNot published

Competitive procurementNot published

Recurring requirementNot published

Procurement method rationaleNot published

Rationale classificationsNot published

Special regimeNot published

Covered byNot published

Submission policyNot published

Selection criteriaNot published

Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published

No-engagement rationaleNot published

Planning documents1

Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Pipeline notice on Find a Tender planning · plannedProcurementNotice

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCID	ocds-h6vhtk-06f165
Latest release ID	083537-2026
Latest release timestamp	Thu Sep 03 2026 13:47:54 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	planned
Procurement method	Not published
Procurement method details	Competitive flexible procedure
Main procurement category	goods
Above threshold	Yes
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	Not published
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	Not published
Submission method details	Not published
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	£19,300,000
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	1
Tender documents in source	0
Awards in latest release	0
Contracts in latest release	0
Parties in latest release	1

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
3 Sept 2026	planningUpdate	083537-2026
3 Sept 2026	planning	083517-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON

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