Welcome to our April 2025 framework agreement update.
Supporting Analogue to Digital
Tech Devices – Link 4, developed in partnership with North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC), supports the upgrade of the NHS’s outdated IT systems and gets the ‘analogue to digital’ switch underway.
The Tech Devices – Link 4 Framework Agreement comprises four Lots covering essential devices like desktops, laptops, tablets, and healthcare-specific equipment, such as medical workstations for efficient medication rounds, and clinical diagnostic monitors and displays.
Read more about how the framework agreement can support you with the switch to digital here.
Expiring Framework Agreements
This year, we will be exiting the market for two of our Business Services framework agreements.
- Apprenticeship Training Services will expire in June 2025.
- Document Storage, Records Management and Integrated Solutions will expire in July 2025.
If you have any procurement needs for either of these framework agreements before they expire, or need any further information, please do reach out to us at nsbs.nhsbusinessservices@nhs.net.
Live Tenders
The following tenders are live for suppliers to bid on:
SAP Ariba:
Radiopharmaceutical Products Contents and Navigation – SAP Ariba
FTS:
Radiopharmaceutical Products Contents and Navigation – Find a Tender
SAP Ariba:
Respiratory Therapy Solutions – SAP Ariba
SAP Ariba:
Online Sexual Health Services – SAP Ariba
FTS:
Online Sexual Health Services – Find a Tender
Contracts Finder:
Online Sexual Health Services – Contracts Finder
Our First Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Framework Agreement
Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism: Assessment and Diagnosis, NHS Talking Therapies and Crisis Services launches this month and is our first framework agreement awarded under PSR.
This framework agreement can help you to meet National NHS objectives for 2024/25, which include increasing the number of people accessing transformed models of adult community mental health to 400,000, perinatal mental health to 66,000 and children and young people services to 345,000
If you would like to know when it launches, complete this form.
Impact Report – Delivering Positive Change for People, Planet and Purpose
Sustainability and Social Value (SSV) is embedded into everything that we do. Seeing how we can make a tangible difference in people’s lives, and the environment in which we live, and the communities we work in, is what drives us to push boundaries and deliver impact.
Our work, guided by the newly launched NHS SBS Social Value Policy and Green Plan, aligns with wider NHS Net Zero targets and supports the wider community through environmental stewardship and social responsibility.
Read more in our impact report.
