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Digital Destruction of Records & Digital Forensics

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

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Planning

30 Sep 2026 at 13:29

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust intends to procure digital forensics consultancy to advise on preserving digital and other evidence for investigations subject to external scrutiny. The work includes expert advice and operational support to ensure evidence is securely maintained, retains its integrity as technical environments are updated, and remains legally admissible when required. The evidence must be preserved in a technical environment accessible over the long term. This is a specialist digital forensic and records-preservation service for an NHS trust, supporting compliance with legal, regulatory and NHS standards. The Trust is based in Worthing; the planned service relates to investigations across the Trust. The procurement is for services, rather than equipment or construction.

The process is at planning: the Trust has stated its intention to procure, but has not yet invited tenders. It expects the contract period to run from 1 January to 31 March 2027. The buyer has scheduled pre-market engagement, with a milestone dated 14 October 2026. The procurement is planned as a single lot. No procurement procedure, evaluation criteria or contract value is established in the information available at this stage. The stated purpose is to secure advice and operational support for evidence preservation, including maintaining integrity through changes to technical environments and ensuring evidence can be accessed over more than 10 years. These are the Trust’s requirements for the service, rather than a deadline for suppliers to submit bids.

This work is suited to specialist digital forensics consultancies with the expertise to advise on preserving digital and other evidence and to provide operational support in an NHS investigative setting. Suppliers should be able to address the technical challenges of retaining data integrity as systems and environments change, while ensuring evidence remains accessible over a period exceeding 10 years and can be used as legally admissible evidence. Understanding relevant legal, regulatory and NHS standards will be important to meeting the Trust’s stated aim. The requirement combines advisory and practical delivery, so suppliers able to support both evidence-preservation strategy and its operation are likely to be well placed. The Trust has not described specific accreditations, staffing levels or supplier experience thresholds at this planning stage.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Digital Destruction of Records & Digital Forensics

Notice Description

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to secure consultancy to advice on the appropriate preservation of digital and other evidence in support of investigations at the Trust for external scrutiny. To ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, and NHS standards, the Trust seeks a qualified Digital Forensic Consultancy to provide expert advice and operational support. The aim is to ensure that all evidence can be preserved in a technical environment that can be accessed over long periods of time i.e. over 10 years. During this period the integrity of data must be retained, even when technical environments need to be updated. The data needs to be legally admissible at whatever point this becomes necessary.

Planning Information

Pre Market Engagment

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-077d95
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092365-2026
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
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

CPV Codes

72212730 - Security software development services

72700000 - Computer network services

72810000 - Computer audit services

92512100 - Archive destruction services

Notice Value(s)

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

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Sep 20266 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Jan 2027 - 31 Mar 2027 1-6 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
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
WORTHING
Postcode
BN11 2DH
Postcode Area
Brighton
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ27 West Sussex (South West)
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Worthing
Electoral Ward
Central
Westminster Constituency
Worthing West

Further Information

Notice Documents

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