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Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) electronic Patient Care Record (ePCR) (NIAS REACH)

Buyer: Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service →

BuyerBusiness Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published23 Oct 2025

What is being bought

This is a preliminary market engagement notice to seek engagement with the market place to gather information associated with the provision of an electronic patient care record (ePCR) on behalf of the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS). To this end, the Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service on behalf of Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI), wish to engage with potential suppliers to obtain a market view of potential requirements through the completion of a questionnaire. Instructions for completion of the questionnaire are available via the eTendersNI CfT [Ref:6215577] and relevant preliminary market engagement documents. Suppliers should note that any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.

Categories

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 72000000Software programming and consultancy services 72200000Programming services of packaged software products 72210000Programming services of systems and user software 72211000Programming services of application software 72212000Systems and technical consultancy services 72220000Custom software development services 72230000System and support services 72250000Software testing 72254000Software-related services 72260000Software support services 72261000Software development services 72262000Software implementation services 72263000Maintenance of information technology software 72267100Software supply services 72268000Data transmission services 72318000Data management services 72322000Computer-related services 72500000Computer-related management services 72510000Document management services 72512000Computer-related professional services 72590000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 23 Oct 2025 to 13 Nov 2025

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Software programming and consultancy services, Programming services of packaged software products, Systems and technical consultancy services, Custom software development services, System and support services, Software-related services, Programming services of systems and user software, Programming services of application software, Software testing, Software support services, Software development services, Software implementation services, Software supply services, Data transmission services, Data management services, Computer-related services, Computer-related management services, Computer-related professional services, Document management services, Maintenance of information technology software, IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 72. The category anchor is IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (72000000); 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 setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 725,2641 median · 12.1 average (1,842 of 5,264 with a bid count)1.9 average (2,173 of 5,264 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer15Not publishedNot publishedNot 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 milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
Clarifications should be issued via the eTendersNI messaging portal by no later than the above date.engagement6 Nov 2025scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05d257
Latest release ID067765-2025
Latest release timestampThu Oct 23 2025 11:06:08 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
23 Oct 2025planning067765-2025

All source data

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

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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