--- title: "Clinical Decision Support & Medical Knowledge Platform" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-64903db7-6bb7-45aa-88f0-4ad2b1eec375" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-64903db7-6bb7-45aa-88f0-4ad2b1eec375" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-64903db7-6bb7-45aa-88f0-4ad2b1eec375.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-64903db7-6bb7-45aa-88f0-4ad2b1eec375.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "Barts Health NHS Trust" published: "2026-08-12" --- # Clinical Decision Support & Medical Knowledge Platform Buyer: Barts Health NHS Trust Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-64903db7-6bb7-45aa-88f0-4ad2b1eec375 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-64903db7-6bb7-45aa-88f0-4ad2b1eec375) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-64903db7-6bb7-45aa-88f0-4ad2b1eec375.json) ## Summary 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. ## Notice 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. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dac50c18-de10-42fc-bd73-6005e4b00bf8 | | 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 | 12 Aug 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 21 Aug 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 | Barts Health NHS Trust | | Locality | LONDON | | Postcode area | East London | | Postcode | E14 5HJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI42 Tower Hamlets | | Local authority | Tower Hamlets | | Electoral ward | Blackwall & Cubitt Town | | Westminster constituency | Poplar and Limehouse | | Delivery location | TLI London | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services ### Codes - 92511000 - Library services ## Release History - 12 Aug 2026 at 15:30 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dac50c18-de10-42fc-bd73-6005e4b00bf8 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dac50c18-de10-42fc-bd73-6005e4b00bf8 12th August 2026 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/a2ee17d7-b938-4afc-ae3d-3a75af1cce63 Specification - Clinical Decision Support & Medical Knowledge Platform ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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