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Colleague Time Management System

NHS Business Services Authority · NHS and health

In brief

NHS Business Services Authority has announced plans to buy IT and software work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The estimated value is £400,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 5 years, starting 18 January 2027.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 4 bids per contract for this buyer (from 12 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) is a Special Health Authority and an Arm’s Length Body of the Department of Health and Social Care. We provide a range of critical central services to NHS organisations (our ‘clients’), NHS contractors, health bodies, patients and the public (our ‘customers’). The purpose of this notice is to inform organisations of a supplier Pre-Market Engagement exercise (PME). The PME is related to the procurement and contract for the provision of a Colleague time Management System ,the main purpose for our CTMS is to support internal users in the following areas of time management: • Recording working hours • Recording flexi leave • Recording overtime The…Read the full description
The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) is a Special Health Authority and an Arm’s Length Body of the Department of Health and Social Care. We provide a range of critical central services to NHS organisations (our ‘clients’), NHS contractors, health bodies, patients and the public (our ‘customers’). The purpose of this notice is to inform organisations of a supplier Pre-Market Engagement exercise (PME). The PME is related to the procurement and contract for the provision of a Colleague time Management System ,the main purpose for our CTMS is to support internal users in the following areas of time management: • Recording working hours • Recording flexi leave • Recording overtime The CTMS also assists users in the following areas of time management. That said, our Electronic Staff Record (ESR) is also used to facilitate time management in these areas: • Recording annual leave • Recording sickness absence • Recording special leave • Recording other leave such as volunteering leave It is currently not used to track the time spent on tasks colleague complete during their working hours for the purpose of internal financial costings. Instead, various local tools are used within the organisation to facilitate time recording for financial costings and other purposes at present.The NHSBSA invites you to participate in an RFI for a Colleague Time Management System to further the NHSBSAs understanding of the market. This is a pre-market-engagement exercise. At this stage we are sharing our knowledge and high level requirements in relation to our Colleague Time Management System. Interested parties must register an interest and further details are available via https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. The opportunity reference is C402293. RFI documentation will be issued through the Health Family Portal Tuesday 25th November 2025. The RFI response is due 12 noon Friday 19th December 2025. This is a pre-market-engagement exercise. It is not an invitation to tender or invitation to offer an agreement and will not result in an award of a contract. If you do not wish to take part in this RFI exercise, it will not affect any current or future business with the NHSBSA. Participation in this RFI exercise will not qualify you to provide any services or products to the NHSBSA and will not guarantee an invitation to submit an offer as part of any future procurement exercise. The NHSBSA will not accept any liability for costs incurred by you in participating in this RFI exercise. This invitation has been published on the Find my Tender Service and on Contracts Finder.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 076949-2025

Last time this was bought

Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM) System

Awarded
7 October 2025
Value
Not stated, or split across lots
Bids
5

Matched on NHS Business Services Authority, the type of work and the title; it may be a related contract rather than the same one. Check the notice to be sure.

About the buyer

Procurements

63

Awards

38

Suppliers it has used most for IT and software

  1. SIEM/SOAR Solution for Jisc Security Operations Centre

    JiscUK-wideIT services and software

    Closing soon8 hours leftExpress interest

    £9.25mestimated
  2. Google Products & Services Reseller Framework Agreement

    Digital Health & Care WalesWalesIT services and software, Telecoms and networks

    Closing soon8 hours leftSuitable for SMEsFramework

    £15mframework ceiling
  3. The Provision of Access to Media Monitoring Services

    Cabinet OfficeUK-wideIT services and software

    Closing soon8 hours leftSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £40kestimated
  4. King's Trust DBS and Vetting Services

    The King's TrustUK-wideFinancial services and insurance, IT services and software

    Closing soon8 hours leftSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £65kestimated
  5. Furze Down School - Managed IT Services Provision

    Furze Down SchoolUK-wideIT services and software

    Closing soon8 hours leftSuitable for SMEs

    £400kestimated

From notice 076949-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 25 November 2025. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.