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NHS Urgent & Emergency Care (UEC) Managed Telephony Services

NHS England · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

NHS England is undertaking further preliminary market engagement to inform the potential development of a future procurement for NHS 111, 119 and 999 National Managed Telephony Infrastructure Services pending a procurement for the required and related services, anticipated to be conducted during 2027/28. For the purposes of the engagement, the services are separated into the following Lots. Lot A – Hosting and Routing (Inbound Services) Lot B – Contact Centre as a Service (CCaaS) - Cloud Services This stage of the preliminary market engagement invites interested parties to submit their response to a Request For information (RFI). Participation in this preliminary market engagement is voluntary and non-binding, not a commitment to procure, not part of any formal evaluation and not a condition of participation in any future procurement. No supplier will be advantaged or disadvantaged by choosing to participate or not participate. Any future procurement (if progressed) will be conducted in line with applicable public procurement legislation. The estimated contract dates are not defined at this stage; therefore the dates indicated in the Notice are for illustrative purposes only.

Classification

  • CPV32412000 — Communications network
  • CPV32412100 — Telecommunications network
  • CPV32424000 — Network infrastructure
  • CPV32571000 — Communications infrastructure
  • CPV50334110 — Telephone network maintenance services
  • CPV64200000 — Telecommunications services
  • CPV64210000 — Telephone and data transmission services
  • CPV64215000 — IP telephone services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
C416100
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Contract period

Starts
1 Jan 2029, 00:00
Ends
31 Dec 2033, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
64200000
Description
Telecommunications services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
32571000
Description
Communications infrastructure
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
50334110
Description
Telephone network maintenance services
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
32412000
Description
Communications network
Entry 5
Scheme
CPV
Id
64210000
Description
Telephone and data transmission services
Entry 6
Scheme
CPV
Id
64215000
Description
IP telephone services
Entry 7
Scheme
CPV
Id
32412100
Description
Telecommunications network
Entry 8
Scheme
CPV
Id
32424000
Description
Network infrastructure

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
The intended engagement aims to inform the market on the scope of service requirements including potential delivery and commercial models, key risks, constraints, and to explore available solutions, innovation and social value offerings available in the market. This market engagement is part of a series of multi-supplier engagement sessions and information gathered will be used to support internal planning and decision making. To engage in the market engagement and submit a response to the RFI process, you are required to submit your completed RFI via the NHS England’s e-Tendering portal, Atamis by the closing date of 31st July 2026. The project on which to register can be found on Atamis by searching for C416100 Market Engagement - NHS 111 NHS Managed Services Telephony Infrastructure. To register on the NHS England’s e-Tendering portal and to access this opportunity, please go to https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. You can then search for the opportunity and access any further information.
Due
31 Jul 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
066445-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
14 Jul 2026, 16:35
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
NHS England
Id
GB-PPON-PDPT-3135-BWWY

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PDPT-3135-BWWY

Address

Street Address
Wellington House, 133-135 Waterloo Rd
Locality
London
Postal Code
SE1 8UG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI45

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI45 · SE1 8UG · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 014178-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 066445-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·