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RFI - Child Digital Health Services

NHS England · NHS and health

In brief

NHS England 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 £110,000,000,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 3 years, up to 4 years with extensions, starting 1 July 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 118 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

To inform any potential formal procurement, NHS England is conducting this market information-gathering exercise. This document outlines the background and our proposed criteria for procurement of multi-disciplinary teams within the Children’s Digital Health Services team. In summary, the purpose of this exercise is to: • Validate and affirm requirements: Determine whether the market can deliver against our requirements and meet our programme’s needs. • Inform budgeting: Help determine an appropriate budget range for any potential solution. • Sourcing options: gathering information on potential routes to market. • Understand delivery approaches: Gain insight into how delivery models and teams can be adapted to support any contracting model. • Explore options: Learn about other approaches, adaptations or success criteria to existing requirements that can help us to achieve our ultimate objective. N.B Please note that the estimated contract start and end dates are subject to change.

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 053329-2026

About the buyer

NHS EnglandLast 12 months

Procurements

1195

Awards

482

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From notice 053329-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 5 June 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.