# Public tenders Canonical results: https://zephior.com/tenders?categories=digital-msk-clinical-triage 1 matching notices. Page 1. Filter semantics: OR within a filter, AND across filters and text search. Omitted statuses use active defaults; [] includes all statuses. --- title: "Market engagement for an automated musculoskeletal Single Point of Access" canonical: "https://zephior.com/tenders/4a1f5f0d-1d40-4d1e-a9f3-68ef502d1953/berkshire-msk-single-point-access-market-engagement" last-updated: 2026-10-15T19:28:13.256262+00:00 --- # Market engagement for an automated musculoskeletal Single Point of Access Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking market feedback on an automated digital musculoskeletal (MSK) Single Point of Access tool for community and specialist physiotherapy, integrated pain and spinal services, and MSK podiatry. The notice describes a pre-market engagement only, with no competition for a contract. The Trust wants to understand the supplier landscape and refine a potential later procurement. Providers of digital clinical triage tools that independently assess and manage MSK referrals are invited to engage at their own cost; participation or non-participation will not bar suppliers from any later procurement. The notice lists electronic or written response methods, English-language submission and a 2 November 2026, 12:00 UTC deadline. It says the market-assessment timescales are estimates. The public API shows GBP 1.00 in its value field; the notice does not establish that as a contract budget. The notice also describes automated assessment, routing across MSK pathways and possible medical-device registration. - Status: open - Country: GB - Buyer: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - Submission deadline: 2026-11-02T12:00:00Z (instant) - Original notice: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096023-2026 - Source checked: 2026-10-15T19:27:14.373590Z ## Source-backed public facts ```json { "id": "4a1f5f0d-1d40-4d1e-a9f3-68ef502d1953", "revision": 1, "modifiedAt": "2026-10-15T19:28:13.256262+00:00", "sourceCheckedAt": "2026-10-15T19:27:14.373590Z", "stale": false, "url": "https://zephior.com/tenders/4a1f5f0d-1d40-4d1e-a9f3-68ef502d1953/berkshire-msk-single-point-access-market-engagement", "locale": "en", "title": "Market engagement for an automated musculoskeletal Single Point of Access", "summary": "Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking market feedback on an automated digital musculoskeletal (MSK) Single Point of Access tool for community and specialist physiotherapy, integrated pain and spinal services, and MSK podiatry. 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The notice describes a pre-market engagement only, with no competition for a contract. The Trust wants to understand the supplier landscape and refine a potential later procurement. Providers of digital clinical triage tools that independently assess and manage MSK referrals are invited to engage at their own cost; participation or non-participation will not bar suppliers from any later procurement. The notice lists electronic or written response methods, English-language submission and a 2 November 2026, 12:00 UTC deadline. It says the market-assessment timescales are estimates. The public API shows GBP 1.00 in its value field; the notice does not establish that as a contract budget. 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This describes the market-engagement audience, not a stated competitive eligibility test.", "Participation is at each supplier’s own cost; the notice says no response expense will be reimbursed.", "Electronic or written response; English-language submission." ] } }, "facts": { "lots": [ { "id": "1", "title": "Single Point of Access Market Engagement", "source_ref": "findtender_release_package#/tender/lots/0/description", "description": "See II.2.14.1 for detail of the market engagement.\n\n\n\nThe purpose of this soft market testing exercise is to understand the provider landscape and potential providers who are capable of delivering this solution. The outcome of the soft market engagement will assist BHFT to develop and obtain a sufficiently detailed knowledge of the provider landscape and to refine its requirements and approach to market in order to invite businesses to quote.\n\n\n\nThe timescales for the market assessment detailed in II.2.7.3 and II.2.7.4 of this notice are estimated.\n\n\n\nThere is no competition associated with the pre-market engagement. BHFT will liaise with any supplier with suitable experience and service offering, to inform its views of how to structure a potential downstream procurement project. Please ignore II.2.5 Award Criteria.\n\n\n\nOnce the pre-market engagement concludes, BHFT may take forward a project to develop the required solution under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. 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Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BHFT) are seeking to understand the potential to deliver a solution from suppliers that currently deliver digital clinical triage solutions that independently assess and manage patients without human intervention. It is likely that the developed tool sought by BHFT will require registration as a medical device. The developed SPA must be able to receive referrals from primary care, community services and secondary care via eRS in addition to patient self-referral via an online portal that BHFT is developing.\n\n\n\nBHFT seeks providers of digital clinical triage services that can assess MSK conditions throughout the body and direct the patient into discrete and specialist MSK services without human intervention. \n\n\n\nThe level of automated clinical expertise to differentiate between general MSK physiotherapy, specialist MSK services, chronic pain and spinal services during assessment will be significant.\n\n\n\nIf possible, the tool should be made available in the most common languages relevant to the population of Berkshire – English, Polish, Punjabi, Nepalese and Urdu." } ], "schedule": [ { "event": "Market engagement response deadline", "value": "2026-11-02T12:00:00Z", "source_ref": "findtender_release_package#/tender/tenderPeriod/endDate" }, { "event": "Estimated market assessment start", "value": "2026-11-16", "source_ref": "findtender_release_package#/tender/lots/0/contractPeriod/startDate" }, { "event": "Estimated market assessment end", "value": "2027-05-21T23:59:59+01:00", "source_ref": "findtender_release_package#/tender/lots/0/contractPeriod/endDate" } ], "requirements": [ { "text": "Market engagement responses are at the supplier’s own cost; no response expense will be reimbursed.", "source_ref": "findtender_release_package#/tender/selectionCriteria/criteria/0/description" }, { "text": "Responses may be electronic or written, in English, through the specified portal.", "source_ref": "findtender_release_package#/tender/submissionMethod" } ], "award_criteria": [], "estimated_value": { "basis": "Published API value field; the notice describes pre-market engagement and does not identify GBP 1.00 as a contract budget.", "amount": 1, "currency": "GBP", "source_ref": "findtender_release_package#/tender/value", "localized_basis": { "de": "Veröffentlichtes API-Wertfeld; nicht als Auftragsbudget ausgewiesen", "en": "Published API value field; not identified as a contract budget", "fr": "Champ de valeur publié dans l’API ; non présenté comme budget contractuel" } } }, "award": null, "contractPeriod": null, "noticeText": { "text": "Single Point of Access Market Engagement\nThe development of an automated digital musculoskeletal (MSK) Single Point of Access (SPA) tool for BHFT's community physiotherapy (MSK Physio), specialist physiotherapy (Community Specialist Service – CSS), integrated pain and spinal service (IPASS) and MSK podiatry.\nBuyer: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust\nContact: Mike Pollard; mike.pollard@berkshire.nhs.uk\nBuyer address: London House, London Road, Bracknell, RG12 2UT, United Kingdom\nRecorded procedure label: Restricted procedure\nReference: PR BHFT 0848\nMarket engagement information: See II.2.14.1 for detail of the market engagement.\n\n\n\nThe purpose of this soft market testing exercise is to understand the provider landscape and potential providers who are capable of delivering this solution. 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Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BHFT) are seeking to understand the potential to deliver a solution from suppliers that currently deliver digital clinical triage solutions that independently assess and manage patients without human intervention. It is likely that the developed tool sought by BHFT will require registration as a medical device. 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