Stale Pre-tender

Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) electronic Patient Care Record (ePCR) (NIAS REACH)

Details

Topic
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Published
23 October 2025
Submission
6 November 2025

Tender description

This is a preliminary market engagement notice to seek engagement with the market place to gather information associated with the provision of an electronic patient care record (ePCR) on behalf of the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS). To this end, the Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service on behalf of Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI), wish to engage with potential suppliers to obtain a market view of potential requirements through the completion of a questionnaire. Instructions for completion of the questionnaire are available via the eTendersNI CfT [Ref:6215577] and relevant preliminary market engagement documents. Suppliers should note that any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published23 October 2025
    Current notice

About the buyer

HSC Business Services Organisation provides shared business support to the health and social care system in Northern Ireland, and buys as a regional healthcare body through its Procurement and Logistics Service. PaLS lets and manages contracts for goods and services on behalf of the family of HSC organisations. Every competition above the quotation threshold is advertised on the eTendersNI portal, where suppliers register to view documents and submit returns. Smaller requirements go out as quotations through eTendersNI. Twelve category sourcing teams work from eight sites across Northern Ireland.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of HSC Business Services Organisation's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, IT services and health and social work.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 72000000 · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
  • 72200000 · Software programming and consultancy services
  • 72210000 · Programming services of packaged software products
  • 72211000 · Programming services of systems and user software
  • 72212000 · Programming services of application software
  • 72220000 · Systems and technical consultancy services
  • 72230000 · Custom software development services
  • 72250000 · System and support services
  • 72254000 · Software testing
  • 72260000 · Software-related services
  • 72261000 · Software support services
  • 72262000 · Software development services
  • 72263000 · Software implementation services
  • 72267100 · Maintenance of information technology software
  • 72268000 · Software supply services
  • 72318000 · Data transmission services
  • 72322000 · Data management services
  • 72500000 · Computer-related services
  • 72510000 · Computer-related management services
  • 72512000 · Document management services
  • 72590000 · Computer-related professional services

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