--- title: "Enterprise Architecture Tools Suite" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03446b" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03446b" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03446b.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03446b.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST" published: "2022-06-08" --- # Enterprise Architecture Tools Suite Buyer: UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03446b [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03446b) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03446b.json) ## Summary The University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is planning a procurement process for an "Enterprise Architecture Tools Suite" to improve its IT infrastructure and business processes. This procurement falls within the goods category, specifically focusing on software packages and information systems, as classified under CPV code 48000000. Interested suppliers are invited to respond to a market engagement questionnaire via the Bravo Portal by 1st July 2022. The Trust operates multiple hospitals and community services across Birmingham, with extensive IT systems and a complex network infrastructure. This tender represents a significant opportunity for software vendors specialising in enterprise architecture solutions and IT systems management. Companies that can provide innovative software packages and tools to streamline data management, enhance asset tracking, and facilitate integration across various systems will be well-positioned to compete. With the Trust's goal of consolidating existing architecture artefacts and improving overall business transformation, successful bidders can foster long-term partnerships and contribute to the digital advancement of healthcare services in the region. ## Notice University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is seeking to engage with suppliers interested in its requirement for an Enterprise Architecture Tools Suite. Suppliers who are able to offer solutions relevant to this requirement are invited to express an interest and respond to a market engagement questionnaire. Further details on how to do this are contained within the additional information section of this notice ### Lot Information Lot 1 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is seeking to engage with suppliers interested in its requirement for an Enterprise Architecture Tool Suite. UHB comprises four hospitals and community services across Birmingham, and has more than 700 IT systems, ranging from bespoke data capture applications used by individuals to medical device integrations and enterprise-wide resource planning solutions. The estate comprises over 900 servers (physical and virtual) and 20,000 desktop and mobile computer devices spread over multiple locations including cloud, using various connectivity/security technologies. The trust wishes to develop an improved understanding of its assets and the inter-dependencies between these, and its business processes and the data the organisation collects, stores and shares. The trust has existing access to some third-party discovery tools to identify hardware and software assets and has some existing architecture artefacts. These include a partial systems inventory, and a limited number of system diagrams, network topology diagrams and data flow diagrams. The trust wishes to consolidate these architecture artefacts into a single repository to form an Enterprise Continuum and develop this further with additional data and diagrams. A wide variety of stakeholders within the trust will need to interrogate this repository for analysis and planning to improve application portfolio management, technology risk management, post-merger IT integration, and overall business transformation. Suppliers who are able to offer solutions relevant to this requirement are invited to express an interest and respond to a market engagement questionnaire. Further details on how to do this are contained within the additional information section of this notice. This exercise is intended to provide potential bidders with the opportunity to review the Authority's Briefing Document and to provide information regarding the services they can offer that could meet these outline requirements. This builds on the Authority's commitment to engage with the market, by sharing information and seeking input from the market to enable us to develop the final specification and determine the appropriate route to market in a fair and transparent manner. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015814-2022 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 8 Jun 2022 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 31 Aug 2022 | | 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 | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | | Locality | BIRMINGHAM | | Post town | Birmingham | | Postcode | B15 2WB | | 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 | TLG3 West Midlands | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 48 - Software package and information systems ### Codes - 48000000 - Software package and information systems - 48100000 - Industry specific software package ## Release History - 8 Jun 2022 at 16:12 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015814-2022 ## Notice URLs - https://nhs.bravosolution.co.uk/go/36202228018143FF977B - https://nhs.bravosolution.co.uk/nhs_collaborative/web/login.html - https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/home.htm ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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