Planning

NHS England RAVS Integration

NHS ENGLAND

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Planning

23 Feb 2026 at 09:28

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

NHS England has initiated a procurement process for integrating their Record A Vaccination System (RAVS) into the IT systems of Community Pharmacy Providers. The planning phase of this tender process began on 23rd February 2026, and potential suppliers have until 20th March 2026 to express interest. This opportunity, tagged under medical software and IT services, aims to enhance digital vaccination data capture during the Autumn/Winter 2026 COVID/Flu Seasonal Vaccination Campaign. The procurement is set to be conducted in line with the Open Procurement Process, signalling a competitive tendering procedure that treats all bidders equally. An engagement webinar is scheduled for March 2026 by NHS England to further elucidate the process. The procurement encompasses multiple UK regions, notably from UKC to UKK, giving it a broad geographical coverage.

Businesses specialising in IT services, consultancy, and medical software development are ideally positioned to explore this tender as a growth opportunity. With contracts available for up to ten suppliers, this tender presents significant potential for SMEs, particularly those capable of meeting NHS Connection Agreement standards and showcasing proficiency in digital data management systems within the community pharmacy market. The procurement method involves an open procedure, creating a transparent environment conducive to equal competition. This process offers an excellent opportunity for IT vendors to enhance their portfolio by aligning with NHS England's digital initiatives and contributing to the national digital health ecosystem, further solidifying their position in the healthcare industry.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

NHS England RAVS Integration

Notice Description

In 2024 the National Health Service (NHS) Vaccinations Digital Services (VDS) sub-directorate (under the Digital Prevention Services Programme Directorate) determined that development of an in-house system for the capture and flow of vaccination data would assist NHS England to achieve a number of key objectives: - Ensure a rapid ability to onboard new vaccine types for data capture and flow without having to undertake the significant effort and cost of engaging multiple 3rd party suppliers to development and assurance processes. - Achieve savings on the annual national digital health spend of at least PS6million, and - Improve value for money and return on investment for NHSE funding, focussing public health expenditure on NHS England digital development, through the implementation of the Provider Pays Policy. These requirements align to the Government Missions and Measures parameter for: New delivery in direct response to the new Governmental priorities for health and social care, most specifically as identified under Primary Care Recovery Programme (PCARP) and the NHSE 10-year plan which places emphasis on the delivery of local and community based health services and reduction of spend with 3rd party commercial entities. In order to realise objectives, set for NHS England in the NHSE 10-Year Plan, NHS-VDS developed the Record A Vaccination System (RAVS). This system was rolled-out within Secondary Care settings through 2024/25 and in 2025 commenced limited roll-out to the Primary Care market supporting wider section 7a vaccination campaigns. VDS has determined that further roll-out of RAVS to the Primary Care market, most specifically in community pharmacy (CP) settings, is the most robust strategy to achieve: - Greater engagement of Community Pharmacy (CP) Providers to NHS vaccination campaigns through offering a single sign-on experience, via their existing CP IT systems; - Greater engagement of CP systems suppliers, through offering integration to RAVS, removing the burden of ongoing seasonal development and assurance requirements. - Improved digital health spend through reduction in requirement on NHSE to subsidise supplier development and assurance demand and to provide ongoing support and assurance capabilities. Therefore, VDS seeks to procure CP IT suppliers to integrate RAVS (as the sole and standardised digital vaccination data capture system for CP Providers) into their CP IT systems. This procurement will award contracts for up to ten (10) qualified CP IT suppliers; where such suppliers will be offered a standard remuneration for achievement, by the defined milestone date, of development implementation of the single sign in Integration and full assured readiness to support the Autumn/Winter 2026 COVID/Flu Seasonal Vaccination Campaign. Subsequent procurement activity is expected to take the form of an Open Procedure in line with requirements identified in Procurement Act 2023. Further information regarding the requirements evaluated as part if this procedure will be shared during the market engagement period. The market engagement activity will take the form of this Preliminary Market Engagement notice, with suppliers required to express interest via NHS England's Atamis procurement portal - details can be found below. Additionally, VDS shall hold an information webinar, expected for March 2026 - the specific date for this will be announced via Atamis. Release of the Invitation to Tender documents is intended for early-April 2026, but is dependent on the market response identified through the market engagement.

Planning Information

NHS VDS seeks to procure CP IT suppliers to integrate RAVS (as the sole and standardised digital vaccination data capture system for CP Providers) into their CP IT systems. This procurement will award contracts for up to ten (10) qualified CP IT suppliers; where such suppliers will be offered a standard remuneration for achievement, by the defined milestone date, of development implementation of the single sign in Integration and full assured readiness to support the Autumn/Winter 2026 COVID/Flu Seasonal Vaccination Campaign. Contracts will be awarded to a maximum on 10 suppliers, with suppliers required to: - Hold an NHS Connection Agreement; - demonstrate that they operate a digital data recording system, and be able to demonstrate that it is commercially providing such within and to the Community Pharmacy Provider market; and - meet requirement milestone dates (to be communicated as a later date) in order to receive payment. Associated documents will be made available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, using NHS England's e-Sourcing portal Atamis, at https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Interested organisations are requested to express their interest in the services by visiting the Atamis e-Sourcing portal linked to above and searching for Atamis Reference number C424854 NHS England will host an engagement webinar in March 2026 to provide further information, with the date confirmed via Atamis. The procurement process will be conducted in accordance with the Open Procurement Process single-stage, competitive tendering process established under Section 20 (Competitive tendering procedures) of the Procurement Act 2023. The Authority will run a transparent tender process, treating all Bidders equally, with tender submission managed in accordance with Regulation 18 (Tender notices: open procedure). For the avoidance of doubt, the Authority will not be bound by the Regulations or any other regulations or legislation except for the specific parts or circumstances that apply to the procurement of these Services.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0659c4
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015902-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

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

CPV Codes

48180000 - Medical software package

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

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£500,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
23 Feb 20266 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
1 Apr 20261 months to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
31 May 2026 - 31 Dec 2026 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS ENGLAND
Additional Buyers

NHS SOUTH CENTRAL AND WEST CSU

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LEEDS
Postcode
LS1 4AP
Post Town
Leeds
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ35 South Hampshire
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Eastleigh
Electoral Ward
Eastleigh Central
Westminster Constituency
Eastleigh

Further Information

Notice Documents

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