--- title: "UHB Data Wrangling Tool - Market Engagement" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03bc5d" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03bc5d" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03bc5d.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03bc5d.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST" published: "2023-04-04" --- # UHB Data Wrangling Tool - Market Engagement Buyer: UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03bc5d [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03bc5d) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03bc5d.json) ## Summary The University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is planning a tender titled "UHB Data Wrangling Tool - Market Engagement" in the services category, focused on IT services, consulting, software development, Internet, and support. The Trust aims to enhance data management processes to support the implementation of cloud-based ERP and EPM systems. Interested suppliers should respond to a questionnaire via the Atamis portal by 13:00 on Friday 28th April 2023. Through this engagement exercise, the Trust seeks to identify providers capable of improving data confidentiality, integrity, availability, and authenticity. This planned tender by the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust presents an opportunity for businesses offering data management and IT solutions. Companies with expertise in data wrangling tools and software development are well-suited to compete in this tender. The procurement process is currently in the planning stage, with the procurement method yet to be finalised. Interested bidders should note that the procurement timetable will be determined following the market engagement exercise, potentially leading to a competitive process via a mini-competition or direct award through a framework agreement. ## Notice University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital Trusts in England and the West Midlands, serving a regional, national and international population. It includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham Chest Clinic, Good Hope Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and various Community Services. We also run a number of smaller satellite units, allowing people to be treated as close to home as possible. As an NHS organisation, UHB will see and treat more than 2.2 million people every year across our sites UHB currently employs over 20,000 members of staff and we are committed to investing in their development and their health and wellbeing. The purpose of this Prior Information Notice is to enable UHB to gain a better understanding of what sort of providers and how many exist in the market, and improve the confidentiality, integrity, availability and authenticity of its systems and infrastructure. Suppliers who are able to offer a solution 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 The Trust is collecting more data in different formats (internal/external, structured/unstructured), which is both sensitive and highly confidential. The Trust has forthcoming implementations of Cloud-based ERP (transactional data), EPM (managerial data) systems, and other updated applications. Strategically the Trust is moving to a "Cloud first" approach to upgrade the legacy IT estate, and we require a mechanism for the safe implementation of these platforms and tools. Thus policies and procedures that provide the Trust control of our business data, both in the Cloud and in setups where data is stored or sourced in a combination of Cloud and on-premise, are required. ERP systems use automation and predefined business logic to orchestrate processes. All processes in an ERP, without exception, rely on the quality and reliable data. If the data is missing, the process will stop. If the data is wrong or incomplete, the process will produce unexpected results requiring remediation. It needs to be acknowledged that data will become the biggest challenge to the ERP programme and appropriate and knowledgeable resources equipped with capable tools must be on-boarded immediately which is where the data wrangling tool is needed. It is widely accepted that the success of the ERP migration will depend on the availability of quality data to be migrated, therefore a data wrangling tool is needed to obtain the data being migrated more efficiently. To access, review, investigate and resolve data integrity, validity and quality issues and combine data from numerous sources in a rapid timeframe, there is a need for appropriate software to deliver specific capabilities. Below is a concise list of minimal data-wrangling capabilities needed for data analysis and profiling activities: (See Requirements & Briefing Note/ Annex 1 documents) Potential bidders are asked to note that the route to market has not yet been decided and therefore the procurement timetable has not been finalised. The Authority will make a final decision on the most appropriate route market following this engagement exercise. This may be a direct award via an existing public sector framework agreement or alternatively, the Authority may decide to run a competitive process via a mini-competition under a framework or an openly advertised procedure. If the latter, the publication of the ITT will include the publication of a Contract Notice, a Contracts Finder notice, and the ITT documents will be published on the Authority' Atamis e-tendering system. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009784-2023 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | 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 | 4 Apr 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 25 May 2023 | | 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 | 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 ## Release History - 4 Apr 2023 at 11:16 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009784-2023 ## Notice URLs - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome - https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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