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Clinical Decision Support & Medical Knowledge Platform

Barts Health NHS Trust

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Planning

12 Aug 2026 at 15:30

Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Barts Health NHS Trust is considering a single, integrated clinical decision support and medical knowledge platform for use across all its sites in London. The service is intended to support patient care, education, training, research and service improvement. It would bring clinical decision support, full-text medical journals and textbooks, medical images, procedural videos, patient education materials and drug information together in one searchable interface. This is a healthcare information and digital knowledge service, with a library-services classification (CPV 92511000). The requirement concerns a software platform and associated service provision rather than the supply of individual publications or standalone clinical content. Delivery is across the Trust’s sites, including its London locations.

This process is at the planning and early market-engagement stage. Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking to identify suppliers and inform a potential future purchase; it is not yet an invitation to tender or a call for competition. The Trust expects the eventual procurement to be a below-FTS-threshold purchase. Market engagement is planned to conclude on 21 August 2026. The stated approach is to understand which service providers can meet the requirement before any potential procurement proceeds. The procurement is for services and is expected to cover one integrated platform rather than separately tendered lots. Suppliers should treat the timing as indicative planning information, not as a bid deadline.

The requirement should suit suppliers that already provide robust clinical decision-support or medical knowledge platforms for healthcare organisations. Relevant capability includes combining diverse clinical and educational content in one searchable interface, including journals, textbooks, medical imagery, procedural video, patient education and drug information. Suppliers should be able to support use across a large NHS Trust’s sites and serve several user needs: direct patient care, professional education and training, research, and service improvement. The buyer has indicated that small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises are suitable organisation types. Businesses with an established integrated product, dependable content access and the capacity to support Trust-wide implementation should use this planning stage to assess fit and prepare for a possible future procurement.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Clinical Decision Support & Medical Knowledge Platform

Notice Description

THIS IS AN EARLY MARKET ENGAGEMENT NOTICE ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF IDENTIFYING SUPPLIERS AND IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION The Contracting Authority is seeking to identify Suppliers who possess the capability for the following requirements in order to inform a potential below FTS threshold purchase. Budget Holder Requirement: The Authority is seeking to contract with a Service Provider who is capable of meeting the Trust's requirements for a single, integrated clinical knowledge platform supporting patient care, education, training, research and service improvement activities across all Authority sites. The software platform solution must combine clinical decision support, full-text journals, full-text textbooks, medical images, procedural videos, patient education and drug information within a single searchable interface. The Authority's specification of requirement can be downloaded via the attached link.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-64903db7-6bb7-45aa-88f0-4ad2b1eec375
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dac50c18-de10-42fc-bd73-6005e4b00bf8
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

CPV Codes

92511000 - Library services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
12 Aug 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
21 Aug 2026Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Barts Health NHS Trust
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
E14 5HJ
Postcode Area
East London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI42 Tower Hamlets
Delivery Location
TLI London
Local Authority
Tower Hamlets
Electoral Ward
Blackwall & Cubitt Town
Westminster Constituency
Poplar and Limehouse

Further Information

Notice Documents

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