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Official procurement procedure
NHS Urgent & Emergency Care (UEC) Managed Telephony Services
Communications infrastructure
Communications network
IP telephone services
+5 more
Location not published
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: NHS England: "NHS Urgent & Emergency Care (UEC) Managed Telephony Services". Published status: planning. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | NHS England | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | planning No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | Not published |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: NHS England
Market Analytics
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for NHS England. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Competition Density
22.8Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
Anna FreudTop vendor: 29.6% of attributable valuePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Coverage: 859 active published awards; 13 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
| Supplier Name | Historic Awards | Attributable GBP Value |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Freud | 1 win | £5,862,540 |
| Anglia Ruskin University | 1 win | £4,809,159 |
| NHS Shared Business Services Limited | 1 win | £4,393,727 |
| Pearson Professional Assessments Limited | 1 win | £4,374,320 |
| Timewise Foundation CIC | 1 win | £166,667 |
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNHS England | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statusplanning | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published14 Jul 2026, 16:35 BST | Last source update14 Jul 2026, 16:35 BST | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationCommunications infrastructure, Communications network, IP telephone services, Network infrastructure, Telecommunications network, Telecommunications services, Telephone and data transmission services, Telephone network maintenance services | ||
Delivery areaLocation not published | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0655b6 | ||
What is being bought
NHS England is undertaking further preliminary market engagement to inform the potential development of a future procurement for NHS 111, 119 and 999 National Managed Telephony Infrastructure Services pending a procurement for the required and related services, anticipated to be conducted during 2027/28.
For the purposes of the engagement, the services are separated into the following Lots.
Lot A – Hosting and Routing (Inbound Services)
Lot B – Contact Centre as a Service (CCaaS) - Cloud Services
This stage of the preliminary market engagement invites interested parties to submit their response to a Request For information (RFI).
Participation in this preliminary market engagement is voluntary and non-binding, not a commitment to procure, not part of any formal evaluation and not a condition of participation in any future procurement.
No supplier will be advantaged or disadvantaged by choosing to participate or not participate.
Any future procurement (if progressed) will be conducted in line with applicable public procurement legislation.
The estimated contract dates are not defined at this stage; therefore the dates indicated in the Notice are for illustrative purposes only.
What changed
From the official release history
- Official notice release published
14 Jul 2026, 16:35 BST - Status changed to planning
17 Feb 2026, 10:47 GMT - Official notice release published
17 Feb 2026, 10:47 GMT - Buyer information updated
17 Feb 2026, 10:47 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedplanningPublished valueNot publishedThe source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Pipeline notice
14 Jul 2026, 16:35 BST - Procedure published
14 Jul 2026, 16:35 BST - engagement
31 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduledThe intended engagement aims to inform the market on the scope of service requirements including potential delivery and commercial models, key risks, constraints, and to explore available solutions, innovation and social value offerings available in the market. This market engagement is part of a series of multi-supplier engagement sessions and information gathered will be used to support internal planning and decision making. To engage in the market engagement and submit a response to the RFI process, you are required to submit your completed RFI via the NHS England’s e-Tendering portal, Atamis by the closing date of 31st July 2026. The project on which to register can be found on Atamis by searching for C416100 Market Engagement - NHS 111 NHS Managed Services Telephony Infrastructure. To register on the NHS England’s e-Tendering portal and to access this opportunity, please go to https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. You can then search for the opportunity and access any further information.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published |
ContractsNo contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
NHS England
Contracting authority GB-PPON-PDPT-3135-BWWYDocuments (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
- 14 Jul 2026, 16:35 BST
Related procedures (0)
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleNot published |