Planning

UHB Enterprise Architecture Tool Suite

UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

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Planning

04 Apr 2025 at 10:07

Summary of the contracting process

The University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is currently in the planning stage for the procurement of an Enterprise Architecture Tool Suite. This initiative aims to improve the Trust's understanding of its technology assets and their interdependencies with business processes and data. UHB, one of the largest NHS Trusts in the UK, serves a population of over 2.2 million from four main sites across Birmingham. Classified under IT services (CPV code 72000000), the procurement process is designed to secure services needed to develop and maintain a robust enterprise architecture framework. Interested suppliers must respond to the market engagement questionnaire via the Health Family Single eCommercial System Portal by 13:00 on Friday, 25 April 2025.

This tender presents significant opportunities for IT service providers, particularly those with expertise in enterprise architecture, software development, and data management. Companies equipped with experience in integrating and managing complex IT systems and possessing the capability to replace and enhance cloud-hosted solutions will find this contract particularly beneficial. Businesses that can offer comprehensive enterprise architecture services, including the creation and management of system diagrams, network topology, and data flow diagrams, will be well-suited to compete. Successful engagement with UHB on this project could lead to long-term collaboration and further opportunities within the UK's healthcare sector.

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Notice Title

UHB Enterprise Architecture Tool Suite

Notice Description

University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing acute and specialist services to a population of over 2.2 million people. UHB operates across four main sites: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital, and Solihull Hospital, as well as several remote sites. TheTrust is seeking to engage with suppliers interested in its requirement for an Enterprise Architecture Tool Suite to develop an improved understanding of its technology assets and the inter-dependencies between these, its business processes and the data the organisation collects, stores and shares.

Lot Information

Lot 1

UHB comprises four hospitals and community services across Birmingham, and has more than 900 IT systems, ranging from bespoke data capture applications used by individuals to medical device integrations, enterprise-wide, and cloud-hosted solutions. The estate comprises over 900 servers (physical and virtual) and more than 20,000 desktop and mobile computer devices.
The Trust wishes to replace its existing cloud-hosted Enterprise Architecture Tool Suite containing information about more than 7000 objects and numerous architecture artefacts including system diagrams, network topology diagrams, and data flow diagrams. The Trust wishes to maintain a single repository to form an Enterprise Continuum and develop this further with additional data and diagrams. The Trust has existing access to third-party discovery tools to identify hardware and software assets.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fd28
Publication Source
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Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013021-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support


CPV Codes

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Notice Value(s)

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

Notice Dates

Publication Date
4 Apr 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
3 Apr 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BIRMINGHAM
Postcode
B15 2WB
Post Town
Birmingham
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG31 Birmingham
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Birmingham
Electoral Ward
Edgbaston
Westminster Constituency
Birmingham Edgbaston

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