--- title: "Provision of an Analytics Platform" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0553ce" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0553ce" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0553ce.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0553ce.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "SUSSEX COMMUNITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST" published: "2025-06-26" --- # Provision of an Analytics Platform Buyer: SUSSEX COMMUNITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0553ce [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0553ce) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0553ce.json) ## Summary Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust is seeking suppliers to provide an analytics platform through a public procurement process currently in the planning stage. This opportunity falls under the industry category of business intelligence software development services and is located in Brighton, United Kingdom. A soft market engagement event is scheduled on 14th July 2025 at Brighton General Hospital to explore available products and future innovations. Interested suppliers must confirm their participation by 9th July 2025. This initiative aims to support the Trust's strategic goals, including digitisation and improving service delivery across Sussex. This procurement is ideal for businesses specialising in analytics platforms, particularly those with capabilities in data visualisation and automated data ingestion. With a focus on providing real-time data analysis, this tender invites firms familiar with managing complex datasets and offering comprehensive customer support and transitioning services. Companies adept at facilitating smooth integration with existing systems and supporting a large workforce will find significant business growth opportunities with Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, as they are central to its ongoing development and digital leadership aspirations. ## Notice Soft Market Event Invitation For Suppliers who can provide an Analytics Platform Background Information Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust is the main provider of community NHS health and care across Sussex, providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults, children, and families. Our strategic goals are to be a great place to work, reducing service inequities, continually improve, be a digital leader and sustainability. Internally we utilise a self-serve analytics platform with various dashboards developed by our BI staff. These dashboards present a whole range of information from waiting times to bed status to workforce metrics. Our stakeholders are made up of directors, operational managers, clinicians, and administrative staff members who require real time and daily information to monitor, assess and improve our services. We have over 5,000 staff based in numerous locations across Sussex, meaning access to timely, easy to understand, online analysis is essential. Your company has been invited to a soft market event to give our stakeholders from different service areas an opportunity to see the products currently available in the market, and we also want to explore any future innovation and technology your company may offer. Our soft market event will be held on Monday 14th July 2025 at Brighton General Hospital, Arundel Building, Arundel Suite, 2nd Floor, Elm Grove, Brighton, BN2 3EW. We have allowed 1 hour with 30 minutes for a presentation/demonstration of your product and functionality, and 30 minutes for questions and answers. The following timeslots are available; please can you confirm by Wednesday 9th July 2025 which one is your preferred: 9am - 10am 10.15am - 11.15am 11.45am - 12.45pm 1.30pm - 2.30pm 2.45pm - 3.45pm 4pm - 5pm In your 30min presentation, please include the following: Functionality - An overview of the analytics platform/s with a focus on their visualisation capabilities and user interface experience. Technical - We work with large, complex datasets that require automated refreshes ranging from every 15 minutes to once daily. The platform must support automated data ingestion at these frequencies. Please describe how this is achieved, including scheduling, monitoring, and any limitations. Licensing - Details of your licensing models Transition - Outline how you support onboarding to the platform and detail the methods and support provided for migrating legacy dashboards to ensure a smooth and efficient transition. Support - Details on your customer support framework, including service levels, communication methods, and training programmes available to users, analysts and data engineers. Please provide us with the names and titles of your attendees by Wednesday 9th July 2025. Please note there is no WiFi connection in the Arundel Suite but suppliers will be able to connect their laptop devices with our screens. We look forward to meet you, if you have any questions please email Dagmar.hagen@nhs.net. ### Planning Information Soft Market Event Invitation For Suppliers who can provide an Analytics Platform Background Information Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust is the main provider of community NHS health and care across Sussex, providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults, children, and families. Our strategic goals are to be a great place to work, reducing service inequities, continually improve, be a digital leader and sustainability. Internally we utilise a self-serve analytics platform with various dashboards developed by our BI staff. These dashboards present a whole range of information from waiting times to bed status to workforce metrics. Our stakeholders are made up of directors, operational managers, clinicians, and administrative staff members who require real time and daily information to monitor, assess and improve our services. We have over 5,000 staff based in numerous locations across Sussex, meaning access to timely, easy to understand, online analysis is essential. Your company has been invited to a soft market event to give our stakeholders from different service areas an opportunity to see the products currently available in the market, and we also want to explore any future innovation and technology your company may offer. Our soft market event will be held on Monday 14th July 2025 at Brighton General Hospital, Arundel Building, Arundel Suite, 2nd Floor, Elm Grove, Brighton, BN2 3EW. We have allowed 1 hour with 30 minutes for a presentation/demonstration of your product and functionality, and 30 minutes for questions and answers. The following timeslots are available; please can you confirm by Wednesday 9th July 2025 which one is your preferred: 9am – 10am 10.15am – 11.15am 11.45am – 12.45pm 1.30pm – 2.30pm 2.45pm – 3.45pm 4pm – 5pm In your 30min presentation, please include the following: Functionality - An overview of the analytics platform/s with a focus on their visualisation capabilities and user interface experience. Technical – We work with large, complex datasets that require automated refreshes ranging from every 15 minutes to once daily. The platform must support automated data ingestion at these frequencies. Please describe how this is achieved, including scheduling, monitoring, and any limitations. Licensing – Details of your licensing models Transition – Outline how you support onboarding to the platform and detail the methods and support provided for migrating legacy dashboards to ensure a smooth and efficient transition. Support – Details on your customer support framework, including service levels, communication methods, and training programmes available to users, analysts and data engineers. Please provide us with the names and titles of your attendees by Wednesday 9th July 2025. Please note there is no WiFi connection in the Arundel Suite but suppliers will be able to connect their laptop devices with our screens. We look forward to meet you, if you have any questions please email Dagmar.hagen@nhs.net. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035248-2025 | | 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 26 Jun 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 9 Jul 2025 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £200,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | SUSSEX COMMUNITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | | Locality | BRIGHTON , ELM GROVE | | Post town | Brighton | | Postcode | BN2 3EW | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex | | ITL 3 | TLJ21 Brighton and Hove | | Local authority | Brighton and Hove | | Electoral ward | Hanover & Elm Grove | | Westminster constituency | Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72212482 - Business intelligence software development services ## Release History - 26 Jun 2025 at 08:01 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035248-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035248-2025 26th June 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents - https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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