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
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- 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.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- 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
63Awards
38Suppliers it has used most for IT and software
- Asset Workflows Limited1 contract
- Civica UK Limited1 contract
- Data81 contract
- Datacamp Inc1 contract
- Gitlab UK Limited1 contract
Similar open tenders
All open IT and software tenders- £9.25mestimated
- £15mframework ceiling
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- £400kestimated
From notice 076949-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 25 November 2025. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.