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# UHB Digital Dictation & Speech Recognition Solution - Market Engagement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uhb-digital-dictation-speech-recognition-solution-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-0367c2). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust: "UHB Digital Dictation & Speech Recognition Solution - Market Engagement". 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:** [University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-hospitals-birmingham-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rrk)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Computer-related services, Dictating machines, Document management software package, IT software package, Miscellaneous software package and computer systems (+9 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKG3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0367c2`

## 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/uhb-digital-dictation-speech-recognition-solution-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-0367c2#tl-md)

## Description
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust are seeking to engage with suppliers interested in its upcoming requirement for a Trust-wide Digital Dictation & Speech Recognition Solution.
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB), which manages and operates Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Solihull Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Birmingham Chest Clinic, is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national and international population. The Trust is a regional centre for cancer, trauma, renal dialysis, burns and plastics, HIV and AIDS, as well as respiratory conditions like cystic fibrosis. It has expertise in premature baby care, bone marrow transplants and thoracic surgery and provides the largest solid organ transplantation programme in Europe. It provides a series of highly specialist cardiac, liver and neurosurgery services to patients from across the UK.
UHB has a requirement to procure a Trust-wide Digital Dictation & Speech Recognition Solution. The solution should include:
A full letters workflow application, from dictation through to distribution
The ability for in-house transcription through administrative teams
The ability for letters to be outsourced for transcription to existing supplier
The ability for speech recognition to be used within the letters workflow application
The ability for speech recognition to be used in other applications, e.g. PICS 
Integration with the Trust’s core EHR applications to allow for speech recognition to be used for contemporaneous noting
Compatible with hardware already in use within the Trust (Philips, Olympus)
Android and iOS mobile compatibility in line with the Trust’s chosen devices
Compatible with Trust remote working solutions (VPN)
Suppliers who are able to offer solutions relevant to this requirement are invited to express an interest and respond to a market engagement questionnaire. Further details on how to do this are contained within the additional information section of this notice.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 32332100, 32342450, 32344110, 48311000, 48314000, 48317000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust are seeking to engage with suppliers interested in its upcoming requirement for a Trust-wide Digital Dictation & Speech Recognition Solution.
The solution should include:
A full letters workflow ap...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025547-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-09-12T14:00:43.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T20:17:03.765Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0367c2