Home / Opportunities / Opportunity
PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

BWC Genomics Interoperability and Data Sharing - Market Engagement

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 1 Oct 2026, 03:52.

Opportunity overview

BWCH is an NHS Foundation Trust formed in February 2017, providing care from their two main sites – The Birmingham Women’s Hospital and Birmingham Children’s Hospital. The Trust has more than 641,000 visits from patients each year and employs a workforce of 6,000 staff members. The Trust has a history of innovation and research including conducting the first operation for ectopic pregnancy and caesarean section for hemorrhage in late pregnancy, fitting the world’s first pacemaker into a three-day-old baby, being the first in the world to separate two twins conjoined at the spine, performing the first triple transplant of liver, pancreas and small bowel in the UK, and being the first to launch a community mental health service for patients aged 0-25 years – i.e. Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB). The Trust also hosts the Central and South Genomic Medicine Service, (C&S GMS). This regional service forms part of a network of seven GMS’s across England who together deliver the national genomic testing service and play a pivotal role in embedding genomics in routine care. C&S GMS provides genomic testing across the West Midlands, Oxford and Thames Valley, and Wessex, serving a population of approximately 10 million. C&S GMS is formed across four partner Trusts: Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital (BWCH), University Hospital Birmingham (UHB), University Hospital Southampton (UHS), and Oxford University Hospital (OUH). This PME outlines the requirements of the C&SGMS to deduplicate testing between sites and enable a Distributed Analysis (DA) model of genomic testing. The requirements documented are vendor agnostic and have been developed to inform the selection and implementation of a DA solution. Our C&S GMS is required to function as one laboratory across several sites and therefore needs to integrate multiple systems to deliver patient care. We want to have a range of functionality across multiple operational activities within a single system. Please note the Contract Value is an estimate factoring in the maximum budget for Year 1 and should only be used as an example only. Please see the Briefing note within the PME documents for more information.

Classification

  • CPV48000000 — Software package and information systems

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
W237544
Main Procurement Category
goods
Above Threshold
Yes
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
31 Dec 2026, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Has Renewal
Yes
Status
planning

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Contract period

Starts
1 Jan 2027, 00:00
Ends
31 Dec 2031, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Dec 2036, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
48000000
Description
Software package and information systems

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking proposals from Suppliers for a Genomics Interoperability and Data Sharing solution. The opportunity is available via Atamis Health Family through C451688. https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Due
25 Jun 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
052908-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
4 Jun 2026, 15:12
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Id
GB-PPON-PNXM-2771-CPCW

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PNXM-2771-CPCW

Address

Street Address
Steelhouse Lane
Locality
Birmingham
Postal Code
B4 6NH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKG31

Contact

Name
Abdul Alim

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

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

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Birmingham · UKG31 · B4 6NH · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 052908-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·