NHS England Digital Pathways Solution Registry in the Primary Care Setting

Stage Two - Establishment of the DP Solution Registry
Introduction
NHS England is seeking to establish a Registry of Suppliers and solutions that meet the uplifted Baseline Assurance Standards (BAS), Capabilities and Epics for Digital Pathways (DP) Solutions ("DP Solution Registry") in Primary Care settings. The Digital Pathways Standards, Capabilities and Epics have been uplifted to describe what outcomes NHS England need as a minimum, to operate and to ensure solutions operate in a safe and secure way.
For the purpose of this Notice, NHS England is the lead authority (subject to potential future change). The NHS England National Commercial and Procurement Hub (the Hub) is issuing this Market Engagement notice on behalf of NHS England.
The GP Contract mandates the use of Digital Pathways tools by NHS systems. The GPIT Operating Model v.6 mandates the use of the NHS England National Commercial and Procurement Hub for buying these tools.
The link below provides the published NHS England Digital Pathways tools guidance for 2026/27.
Digital pathways tools guidance 2026/27 - NHS England Digital
The DP Solution Registry will not be a procurement vehicle but a list of suppliers who have self-certified against the uplifted national requirements. The purpose is to use the DP Solution Registry as a mechanism to support and inform NHS Buyers so they can develop their strategy to buy. The DP Solution Registry will act as an anchor to inform fully competitive processes out to market in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.
The first stage of engagement with the market to launch the DP Solution Registry ("Stage One: Information request") has concluded. This notice relates to the second stage of engagement with the market ("Stage Two: Establishment of the DP Solution Registry") and will remain ever open to allow new applications subject to such notification to the market. However, initial applications to the DP Solution Registry should be submitted by the 1st October...