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Published 19 May 2026, 16:48 BST

Official UK procurement notice

NLFT - Ambient Voice Technology

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: North London NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)·On behalf of: North East London NHS Foundation Trust

ServicesSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48)IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 12 Jun 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrsends 31 Dec 2030 · up to 31 Dec 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Jan 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NLFT is seeking to procure an Ambient Voice Technology (AVT) solution as part of its digital transformation strategy. The aim is to reduce clinicians’ administrative burden and improve the timeliness and quality of clinical documentation across the Trust.

At this stage, NLFT is undertaking early market engagement to better understand the current capabilities, maturity, integration and delivery models available within the AVT market. This Request for Information (RFI) is intended to gather insights from suppliers to help shape the Trust’s requirements, approach to implementation, and overall procurement strategy.

More information and RFI document can be found here . atamis-1928.my.salesforce-sites.com/ProSpend__CS_Contrac… ↗

CPV: Medical information systems · Software-related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 4 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Jan 2027 – 31 Dec 2030 (4 yrs) · up to 31 Dec 2032 with extensions
Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
48814000 Medical information systems72260000 Software-related services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How North London NHS Foundation Trust buys Software-related services (CPV 7226), and who usually turns up

North London NHS Foundation Trust’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Software-related services (CPV 7226) →

1

How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerNorth London NHS Foundation Trust · all categories
The marketSoftware-related services (CPV 7226) · Greater London (authority’s region)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 33 of 54 known-size awards · market: CPV 7226 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=93
61%33%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Here, local means registered in Greater London (authority’s region).

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 9 of 11 known-location awards · market: CPV 7226 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=82
82%34%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Greater London.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 7226 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=6
—45 days

Half of these awards were announced within 45 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 72 of 82 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 7226 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=139
88%75%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer3 lots with bid counts · all categories · too few to chart
The market7 lots with bid counts · CPV 7226 · Greater London (authority’s region)
14% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid14%
Market: 1 of 7 lots with published bid counts.
2–314%
Market: 1 of 7 lots with published bid counts.
4–60%
Market: 0 of 7 lots with published bid counts.
7+71%
Market: 5 of 7 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer1 lot with estimate and award · all categories · too few to chart
The market5 lots with estimate and award · CPV 7226 · Greater London (authority’s region)
60% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate60%
Market: 3 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%0%
Market: 0 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate40%
Market: 2 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
i

What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 722648 monthsSME suitableEstimate not published
Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 102 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet8% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 102 similar lots
1 bid8%
8 of 102 similar past lots received 1 bid (8%).
2–331%
32 of 102 similar past lots received 2–3 (31%).
4–631%
32 of 102 similar past lots received 4–6 (31%).
7+29%
30 of 102 similar past lots received 7+ (29%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
19 May 2026, 16:48 BST
Last source update
19 May 2026, 16:48 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-045901
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Medical information systemsSoftware-related services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069c41 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

19 May 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published156 days ago
    19 May 2026, 16:48 BST
  2. Market engagement141 days ago
    3 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST

    NLFT is seeking to procure an Ambient Voice Technology (AVT) solution as part of its digital transformation strategy. The aim is to reduce clinicians’ administrative burden and improve the timeliness and quality of clinical documentation across the Trust.

    At this stage, NLFT is undertaking early market engagement to better understand the current capabilities, maturity, integration and delivery models available within the AVT market. This Request for Information (RFI) is intended to gather insights from suppliers to help shape the Trust’s requirements, approach to implementation, and overall procurement strategy.

    More information and RFI document can be found here . atamis-1928.my.salesforce-sites.com/ProSpend__CS_Contrac… ↗

  3. Tender notice expected132 days ago
    12 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Today
    23 Oct 2026
  5. Contract startsin 70 days
    1 Jan 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    19 May 2026, 16:48 BST
    UK2

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

2 public bodies on the notice

North London NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PHMP-5392-DVTW St Pancras Hospital, 4 St Pancras Way, London, London, London, NW1 0PEContact name, email

Other public bodies

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure