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Published 30 Sept 2026, 15:55 BST

Official UK procurement notice

UHB Outsourcing Clinical Coding PME

Official notice
Competition analysis

Authority: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (NHS & healthcare)

GoodsBelow thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 14 Dec 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Dec 2028 · up to 31 Dec 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Jan 2027
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital Trusts in England and the West Midlands, serving a regional, national and international population. It includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham Chest Clinic, Good Hope Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and various Community Services.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital Trusts in England and the West Midlands, serving a regional, national and international population. It includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham Chest Clinic, Good Hope Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and various Community Services. We also run a number of smaller satellite units, allowing people to be treated as close to home as possible.

As an NHS organisation, UHB will see and treat more than 2.2 million people every year across our sites. UHB currently employs over 20,000 members of staff and we are committed to investing in their development and their health and well being.

This Pre Market Engagement Notice outlines the requirements for an Outsourcing Clinical Coding Solution.

Please see the Briefing note within the PME documents for more information.

CPV: Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Jan 2027 – 31 Dec 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 31 Dec 2030 with extensions
Eligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
48000000 Software package and information systems

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

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

How University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust buys Software package and information systems (CPV 48), and who usually turns up

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Software package and information systems (CPV 48) →

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How the contest usually goes

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

Question for the bid
This buyerUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust · division 48
The marketSoftware package and information systems (CPV 48) · West Midlands (authority’s region)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

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

Buyer: 16 of 42 known-size awards · market: division 48 · West Midlands (authority’s region), n=458
38%46%

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

How often do local suppliers win?
i

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in West Midlands (authority’s region).

Buyer: 1 of 2 known-location awards · market: division 48 · West Midlands (authority’s region), n=486
1 of 28%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i
Buyer: no decision dates published · market: division 48 · West Midlands (authority’s region), n=33
—61 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 61 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: exactly 14 of 14 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 48 · West Midlands (authority’s region), n=598
100%69%

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?

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This buyer9 lots with bid counts · all categories
22% had one bid
The market39 lots with bid counts · division 48 · West Midlands (authority’s region)
13% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (9) / the market (39) · select a colour for counts
1 bid22% / 13%
Buyer: 2 of 9 lots with published bid counts. Market: 5 of 39 lots with published bid counts.
2–311% / 33%
Buyer: 1 of 9 lots with published bid counts. Market: 13 of 39 lots with published bid counts.
4–644% / 36%
Buyer: 4 of 9 lots with published bid counts. Market: 14 of 39 lots with published bid counts.
7+22% / 18%
Buyer: 2 of 9 lots with published bid counts. Market: 7 of 39 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyerToo few to chart: 1 lot with estimate and award, 5 needed · broad CPV 48
The market27 lots with estimate and award · division 48 · West Midlands (authority’s region)
41% below estimate
% of the market's 27 lots with an estimate and award · select a colour for counts
Below estimate41%
Market: 11 of 27 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%22%
Market: 6 of 27 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate37%
Market: 10 of 27 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
i

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

Lot #1CPV 4824 monthsSME suitableEstimate not published

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 48. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
i

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 39 past lots.

—No model forecast yet13% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 39 similar lots
1 bid13%
5 of 39 similar past lots received 1 bid (13%).
2–333%
13 of 39 similar past lots received 2–3 (33%).
4–636%
14 of 39 similar past lots received 4–6 (36%).
7+18%
7 of 39 similar past lots received 7+ (18%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—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

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

Who could compete for this lot?
i

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

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Coming up in this sector

Contracts ending within 12 months · Retender Radar, sector filter set

Contracts ending in Software Packages & ERPRetender Radar, CPV 48: incumbents and end dates for the next 12 months

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
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
30 Sept 2026, 15:55 BST
Last source update
30 Sept 2026, 15:55 BST
Authority reference
C474581
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092522
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Software package and information systems
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077de9 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

30 Sept 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published45 days ago
    30 Sept 2026, 15:55 BST
  2. Market engagement24 days ago
    21 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST

    University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is seeking proposals from Suppliers for an University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is seeking proposals from Suppliers for an Outsourcing Clinical Coding Solution.

    Suppliers wishing to participate in this market engagement exercise and express an interest in this requirement should respond to the questionnaire via the online form on the Health Family Single eCommercial System Portal (Atamis) by 13:00 on 21st October 2026

    health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

    Please search for C474581

  3. Today
    15 Nov 2026
  4. Tender notice expectedin 29 days
    14 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 46 days
    1 Jan 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    30 Sept 2026, 15:55 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

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PWVL-6877-BXXV Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Mindelsohn Way, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2GWContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure