Tender Opportunity: Technology and Digital Transformation Strategy

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Overview

Guy’s & St. Thomas’ Foundation invites bids from qualified contractors to deliver a vision, strategy and roadmap for technology and digital transformation at the Foundation for the plan period September 2025 to March 2028.

Strategy goals

Apply technology, digital transformation, automation, AI and change management to our processes and systems so that:

Staff (and potentially partners) have a great user experience (inclusion)
We can collaborate easily and securely (including with our partners)
We can deliver efficiently, i.e. we save time and money

To deliver these goals the strategy will also need to:

Set a clear vision of where we are going to get to in 3 years that will inspire us all
Be clear where we need to excel, and where good enough is fine; ensure a good balance between efficient delivery and innovation (enterprise)
Ensure all staff will have the technology and digital skills to deliver for our mission
Consider the tech team capabilities we need to support our ambitions

A detailed description of deliverables is in the tender documentation below.

Bid submission deadline: 9am, May 1, 2025

Eligibility

Proposers must be able to demonstrate that their principal(s) for this project have three or more years of experience in delivering similar work, including for charities and/or other mission-driven organisations. Proposers must be willing and able to attend on site at our Southwark offices by arrangement during the project lifetime.

Proposers must be able to meet the timelines in the documentation, including being able to deliver the project between June 1 and September 5. Please note: no employer/employee relationship will be entered into.

Evaluation

Following bid submission there will be an evaluation process including the shortlisting of bids, and a remote interview of shortlisted proposers w/c May 12.

For more details of evaluation criteria and detailed timeline please see the tender documentation.

How to bid

Download the tender documents below
Submit proposals as indicated in the tender documents

Disclaimer

While Guy’s & St. Thomas’ Foundation intends to run a fair tender process, it reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids without assigning a reason or entering into discussion with bidders.

Tender documentation

Tender document and overview [PDF] Scope and specification [PDF]

Questions?

For queries, please contact Michelle Harries. More information on the process for asking question during the bidding process is in the documentation.

Contact Michelle

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