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title: "Digital Destruction of Records & Digital Forensics"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077d95"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust"
published: "2026-09-30"
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# Digital Destruction of Records & Digital Forensics

Buyer: University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077d95

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## Summary

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust intends to procure digital forensics consultancy to advise on preserving digital and other evidence for investigations subject to external scrutiny. The work includes expert advice and operational support to ensure evidence is securely maintained, retains its integrity as technical environments are updated, and remains legally admissible when required. The evidence must be preserved in a technical environment accessible over the long term. This is a specialist digital forensic and records-preservation service for an NHS trust, supporting compliance with legal, regulatory and NHS standards. The Trust is based in Worthing; the planned service relates to investigations across the Trust. The procurement is for services, rather than equipment or construction.

The process is at planning: the Trust has stated its intention to procure, but has not yet invited tenders. It expects the contract period to run from 1 January to 31 March 2027. The buyer has scheduled pre-market engagement, with a milestone dated 14 October 2026. The procurement is planned as a single lot. No procurement procedure, evaluation criteria or contract value is established in the information available at this stage. The stated purpose is to secure advice and operational support for evidence preservation, including maintaining integrity through changes to technical environments and ensuring evidence can be accessed over more than 10 years. These are the Trust’s requirements for the service, rather than a deadline for suppliers to submit bids.

This work is suited to specialist digital forensics consultancies with the expertise to advise on preserving digital and other evidence and to provide operational support in an NHS investigative setting. Suppliers should be able to address the technical challenges of retaining data integrity as systems and environments change, while ensuring evidence remains accessible over a period exceeding 10 years and can be used as legally admissible evidence. Understanding relevant legal, regulatory and NHS standards will be important to meeting the Trust’s stated aim. The requirement combines advisory and practical delivery, so suppliers able to support both evidence-preservation strategy and its operation are likely to be well placed. The Trust has not described specific accreditations, staffing levels or supplier experience thresholds at this planning stage.

## Notice

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to secure consultancy to advice on the appropriate preservation of digital and other evidence in support of investigations at the Trust for external scrutiny. To ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, and NHS standards, the Trust seeks a qualified Digital Forensic Consultancy to provide expert advice and operational support. The aim is to ensure that all evidence can be preserved in a technical environment that can be accessed over long periods of time i.e. over 10 years. During this period the integrity of data must be retained, even when technical environments need to be updated. The data needs to be legally admissible at whatever point this becomes necessary.

### Planning Information

Pre Market Engagment

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092365-2026 |
| 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 | 30 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Jan 2027 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| 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 | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust |
| Locality | WORTHING |
| Postcode area | Brighton |
| Postcode | BN11 2DH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex |
| ITL 3 | TLJ27 West Sussex (South West) |
| Local authority | Worthing |
| Electoral ward | Central |
| Westminster constituency | Worthing West |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

### Codes

- 72212730 - Security software development services
- 72700000 - Computer network services
- 72810000 - Computer audit services
- 92512100 - Archive destruction services

## Release History

- 30 Sep 2026 at 13:29 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092365-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092365-2026
  30th September 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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