NHS England has published a preliminary market engagement notice expressing its intent to procure digital therapeutics solutions for menopause.
At this stage, the financial aspects of the procurement remain undefined, according to NHS England. Contract dates are also yet to be agreed, with an estimated date for publication of the tender notice given as 1 December 2026.
As part of the engagement, suppliers are asked for details of their organisation and product offerings, before being asked questions about barriers to the scaled adoption of digital CBT technologies within the menopause pathway, and the commercial models and approaches most suited to facilitating this scaled adoption.
NHS England also seeks to understand “benefits or disbenefits” in terms of patients, productivity, clinical, or commercial elements, to specifying solutions outside of digital CBT for menopause, and details of rough order of magnitude pricing in line with bidding one national price for a product.
“All questions are optional, and any feedback received will be used for information purposes only. Feedback will not be evaluated or scored, and it will have no bearing on any potential future contract award,” NHS England states. To learn more about the upcoming contract, or to register interest, please click here.
Wider trend: NHS procurement
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