--- title: "UHB Patient Companion" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-2a3bb85b-5c27-4ed1-842a-89c8850bf26f" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-2a3bb85b-5c27-4ed1-842a-89c8850bf26f" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-2a3bb85b-5c27-4ed1-842a-89c8850bf26f.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-2a3bb85b-5c27-4ed1-842a-89c8850bf26f.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust" published: "2026-08-13" --- # UHB Patient Companion Buyer: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2a3bb85b-5c27-4ed1-842a-89c8850bf26f [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-2a3bb85b-5c27-4ed1-842a-89c8850bf26f) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-2a3bb85b-5c27-4ed1-842a-89c8850bf26f.json) ## Summary University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is planning a patient-facing digital platform called UHB Patient Companion. The service is intended to replace fragmented bedside entertainment and device provision with one coherent, integrated solution for patients. It should improve the patient experience, support communication and encourage engagement with care pathways. The requirement is an information technology service covering strategic review and planning, software development, implementation and support. Delivery is centred on the Trust’s facilities in Birmingham and the wider West Midlands. This is a services procurement, likely relevant to suppliers that develop and support digital patient or hospital platforms, connected bedside technology, communication tools or related healthcare information systems. The process is at the planning stage and the Trust is conducting pre-market engagement rather than inviting tenders. Interested suppliers are expected to provide feedback through a market engagement questionnaire, requirements feedback and an indicative cost schedule. The buyer’s engagement period is expected to end at 17:00 on 10 September 2026. The planned approach is to understand the market and refine the requirement before any future procurement. The classification covers strategic review and planning of information systems, alongside wider IT consulting, software development, internet and support services. The planned contract concerns a single integrated patient-companion solution, with no tender deadline or contract value established here. This will suit digital health companies, healthcare technology providers, software developers, systems integrators and IT support businesses able to design, develop and operate patient-facing platforms. Relevant strengths include replacing separate bedside entertainment and device services with an integrated product, linking digital communication to patient pathways, and delivering reliable support in a hospital environment. Suppliers should be prepared to explain how their solution would improve patient experience, communication and engagement, while meeting the operational needs of a large NHS trust. The engagement is explicitly suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises, so specialist firms and collaborative teams may be well placed to contribute before the future procurement is shaped. ## Notice UHB Patient Companion PME - The development of a patient-facing digital platform, replacing fragmented bedside entertainment and device provision with a coherent, integrated solution that improves patient experience, communication, and pathway engagement. Suppliers wishing to participate in this market engagement exercise and express an interest in this requirement should respond by completing and attaching the following via the online form on the Health Family Single eCommercial System Portal (Atamis) by 17:00 on Thursday 10th September 2026: 1. UHB Patient Companion - PME Market Engagement Questionnaire 2. Annex 1 - UHB Patient Companion PME Feedback on Requirements 3. Annex 2 - UHB Patient Companion PME Indicative Cost Schedule ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d803b329-4130-4be5-98c6-afb2fc00c0b1 | | 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 13 Aug 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 10 Sep 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | | Locality | BIRMINGHAM | | Postcode area | Birmingham | | Postcode | B15 1NU | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham | | Local authority | Birmingham | | Electoral ward | Edgbaston | | Westminster constituency | Birmingham Edgbaston | | Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72222000 - Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services ## Release History - 13 Aug 2026 at 15:26 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d803b329-4130-4be5-98c6-afb2fc00c0b1 - 13 Aug 2026 at 15:24 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/eda0b059-737e-4dd7-8cd2-feb415601010 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d803b329-4130-4be5-98c6-afb2fc00c0b1 13th August 2026 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/eda0b059-737e-4dd7-8cd2-feb415601010 13th August 2026 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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