Framework Agreements
We manage £1bn of spend annually via our framework agreements. Free to access to both the NHS and the wider public sector, our comprehensive portfolio of framework agreements provide typical savings of c.15%. We can provide additional advice and contracting support if required.
Our extensive portfolio of framework agreements is designed to ensure ease of access and offer a compliant route to market for NHS and public sector organisations. The NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) framework contracts cover health and corporate services including IT, Legal, Estates & Facilities and Business Services.
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To provide our customer and suppliers with the best possible service during the Covid-19 pandemic and to aid compliance with the Cabinet Office's procurement policy notices, we reviewed many of our framework agreements, and have, where appropriate, made alterations. Visit Framework Agreements from NHS SBS - COVID-19 Update
All our Clients can access all framework agreements managed by NHS SBS via our online portal, making it quicker and easier for you to get hold of the information you need.
After a brief registration process, you will be able to:
- View and search the list of frameworks (using keywords including supplier names)
- View and download the flyers, buying guides and other associated documents
You can access our framework agreement portal here Associate Membership Forms
Do you have a query about a framework? Contact us here Framework Enquiry Form
Benefits of Our Framework Agreements
Our framework agreements are designed to ensure competitive pricing, help drive savings and improve efficiencies. Customers have the ability to directly call-off from a framework or run a mini-competition, therefore allowing more flexibility. Frameworks offer a compliant route to market giving confidence, providing a comprehensive choice of suppliers and excellent geographic coverage. Frameworks are easy to access and utilise. Specialist category teams can provide additional support should you require any help with developing specifications, running mini-competitions and analysing data to identify cost saving opportunities. Whatever procurement support you need, we have flexible options for you.
Flexible Options to Suit You
Depending on your needs, we can arrange one-off access to certain framework contracts to meet a specific demand. Alternatively, we can offer you access to our full portfolio of framework agreements, enabling you to shift away from simply buying at the lowest price and towards procurement based on total cost of ownership.
Specialist Support and Advice
Our specialist category managers have a wealth of experience across corporate services and healthcare. The teams can provide bespoke, specialist support with running mini-competitions as well as project based work, which includes opportunities analysis to deliver savings, improving quality and driving efficiencies.
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Our Portfolio of Framework Agreements
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13.09.2021
All NHS SBS framework agreements are free to access.
Framework | Maximum end | Notes on NHS SBS Framework Agreements |
BUSINESS SERVICES FRAMEWORK AGREEMENTS | ||
| Apprenticeship Training Services | 22/06/2025 | This Apprenticeship Training Services Framework provides a compliant route to access services from a broad range of apprenticeship training providers, supporting employers to effectively utilise their apprenticeship levy. |
| Bill Validation, Recovery and Compliance Services | 24/03/2022 | The Bill Validation, Recovery and Compliance Services Framework provides a compliant route to market to access bill validation and cost recovery services for areas such as energy, water, telecommunications and rates. |
| Consult 18: Multidisciplinary Consultancy Services | 02/07/2022 | The Consult 18: Multidisciplinary Consultancy Services Framework provides a fully OJEU compliant route to market for the provision of multidisciplinary consultancy services. The framework covers a wide range of specialisms and has potential saving opportunities of 10-15%. |
| Document Storage, Records Management and Integrated Solutions | 11/07/2025 | The Document Storage, Records Management, and Integrated Solutions Framework, provides the NHS and Wider Public Sector Organisations with simple, but compliant route to market for all their off-site storage, scanning and digitisation, pathology sample storage and EDRMS system requirements. The framework also allows organisations to have the ability to pull all these options together with a one stop shop/total management facility. |
| Fuel Cards (Lot 3 Vehicle Solutions) | 30/09/2022 | The Fuel Cards (Lot 3 Vehicle Solutions: Vehicle Fleet Management, Vehicle Lease / Hire and Fuel Cards) Framework covers the provision of fuel cards for public sector authorities. Utilising fuel cards is an efficient way to manage your fleet offering savings on fuel purchases and significant reduction in administration time and paperwork. This framework has potential saving opportunities of 2%. |
| Internal and External Audit, Counter Fraud, and Financial Assurance Services | 15/11/2024 | The Internal and External Audit, Counter Fraud, and Financial Assurance Services Framework has been developed by NHS Shared Business Services and is free-to-use for any public sector organisation. The framework has a range of 20 suppliers, including large well-established providers, small and medium-sized businesses, and boutique services, covering a wide range of specialisms such as External Audit, Internal Audit, Counter Fraud, Well Led Governance and Ancillary Services. |
| Interpretation and Translation Services | 30/04/2025 | The Interpretation and Translation Services Framework provides a variety of interpretation and translation services, including face to face (spoken language), British sign language (BSL), telephone interpretation, document translation and ancillary services (such as transcription), and video interpretation. |
| IT Consultancy Services (Consult 18) | 02/07/2022 | The IT Consultancy Services Framework includes specialist consultancy and advisory services related to the use of data and information used within the Public Sector. This includes the review, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of activities / systems associated with the delivery of services. This framework offers potential savings of 5-10%. |
| Legal Services | 31/05/2022 | The Legal Services Framework provides a compliant route to access various legal services. This includes advice about NHS governance and public law, primary care services, employment law, contract and commercial law and property law. |
| Suicide Prevention, Intervention and Awareness Training and Support Services | 02/07/2022 | The Suicide Prevention, Intervention and Awareness Training and Support Services Framework provides a fully OJEU compliant route to market for the provision of Suicide Prevention, Intervention and Awareness Training and Support Services. This framework offers potential savings of 10-15%. |
| Travel Management, Expense Management and Workspace Optimisation | 30/04/2024 | This framework provides a compliant route to market for any Travel Management, Expense Management and Workspace Optimisation requirement. This framework boasts some award winning and industry leading providers. NHS and wider public sector organisations may use this framework to save valuable time and money. |
| Vehicle Fleet Management (Vehicle Solutions) | 30/09/2022 | The Vehicle Fleet Management (Vehicle Solutions) Framework enables authorities to procure vehicles and services. This framework can offer savings and potential income generation. |
| Vehicle Lease and Hire (Vehicle Solutions) | 30/09/2022 | The Vehicle Lease and Hire (Vehicle Solutions) Framework enables authorities to procure a selection of vehicles including, but not limited to: cars, vans, ambulances and minibuses via a variety of hire and leasing options. This framework offers potential saving opportunities of 5%. |
| Vehicle Solutions: Vehicle Fleet Management, Vehicle Lease/Hire and Fuel Cards | 30/09/2022 | The Vehicle Solutions: Vehicle Fleet management, Vehicle Lease / Hire and Fuel Cards Framework enables NHS SBS customers to procure vehicles under components such as car schemes; fleet vehicle management; grey fleets management and lease or hire vehicles. |
| Workforce & Wellbeing Services | 15/03/2022 | The Workforce and Wellbeing Services Framework has been built to deliver a high quality multi-disciplinary occupational health and wellbeing service. The framework includes a full range of core services, plus optical services and offering Safe Effective Quality Occupational Health Service accredited service. This framework offers potential saving opportunities of 2%. |
| Workspace Optimisation (Travel Management) | 30/04/2024 | This framework provides Contracting Authorities with a compliant route to market for any Workspace Optimisation requirements they may have including assisting with measures to implement effective 'social distancing'. Suppliers are able to review office space and facilities ensuring they are fit for purpose, monitor workspace usage through sensors or people counters to enable the appropriate management of workspaces, work areas, occupancy levels etc. |
CONSTRUCTION & INFRASTRUCTURE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENTS | ||
| Car Park Design, Build, Finance and Operate (CPMI) | 29/11/2022 | The Car Park Design, Build, Finance and Operate (CPMI) Framework offers a complete range of services relating to the design and build of car parks for the public sector. This framework has potential savings of 5%. |
| Car Park Management and Infrastructure (CPMI) | 29/11/2022 | The Car Park Management and Infrastructure (CPMI) Framework provides the NHS and wider public sector with a comprehensive, one-stop solution for all car parking needs; from construction through to full management, ANPR, barrier control and more. This framework has potential savings of 5%. |
| Construction Consultancy Services | 31/03/2022 | The Construction Consultancy Services Framework provides a compliant route to access construction consultancy services. There is a range of pricing options available for both traditional and design, and build options for new build and refurbishment projects. This framework has potential saving opportunities of 10-15%. |
| Cycle Parking and Infrastructure (CPMI) | 29/11/2022 | The Cycle Parking and Infrastructure (CPMI) Framework provides access to specialist suppliers capable of providing a range of cycle parking infrastructure. This includes bike stands and fully-built cycling hubs and has potential saving opportunities of 5%. |
| Electric Vehicle Charging Points (CPMI) | 29/11/2022 | The Electric Vehicle Charging Points (CPMI) Framework includes the delivery, supply, installation, management and maintenance of electric vehicle charging infrastructure goods and services. This framework has potential saving opportunities of 5%. |
| Energy Consultancy Services | 31/03/2022 | The Energy Consultancy Services Framework covers the provision of consultancy services via an OJEU compliant route to market for estates, facilities and capital teams. The framework encompasses a wide range of specialisms, and utilises both SMEs and national providers. This framework has potential saving opportunities of 5%. |
| Modular Buildings | 04/07/2023 | The Modular Buildings Framework offers a fully complaint route for Public Sector Organisations to procure all types of modular buildings. Awarded following a fair and open competition across the Offsite Construction and Modular Buildings market specification developed through thorough consultation with the market and experts in the field. The framework provides an equally quick, easy, and compliant procurement route, the framework aims to compliment the speed of Modular/Offsite Construction. |
| PS-Works: Public Sector Construction Works | 16/12/2023 | The PS-Works Framework provides the NHS and Wider Public Sector Clients a compliant route to market for the provision of quality and value for money construction works projects. The Framework provides pricing structures such as Overheads and Profits, design fees and rate cards for members of staff and is suitable for design and build, build only and refurbishment projects. |
DIGITAL & IT FRAMEWORK AGREEMENTS | ||
| Audio Visual Solutions and Integrated Operating Theatres | 28/02/2023 | The Audio Visual Solutions and Integrated Operating Theatres Framework covers a wide range of multi-national and SME providers with specialism in audio visual products and solutions and integrated operating theatres. |
| Cloud Solutions | 01/09/2023 | The Cloud Solutions Framework offers a simple and streamlined route to purchase for a wide range of Cloud Solutions. Includes Lot 1 Solution Design and Consultancy for initial support and analysis/mapping ahead of Cloud adoption/implementation, Lot 2 Infrastructure as a service (IaaS), Platform as a service (PaaS) and Software as a service (SaaS) to access core Cloud infrastructure, Lot 3 Cloud Support Services including real time support and a range of ongoing or ad hoc specialist support services & Lot 4 End-to-end Cloud Solutions. |
| Communication Appointment Reminder Alert Services 2 | 30/11/2021 | The Communication Appointment Reminder Alert Services 2 Framework provides a compliant route to market to access communication and appointment reminder technology to support with minimising the number of missed patient appointments. |
| Cyber Security Services | 11/05/2024 | The Cyber Security Services framework offers external support services to help NHS and wider public sector organisations manage cyber risks and recover in the event of a cyber security incident. Through design, delivery, testing, governance and assurance it enables service continuity in patient care by ensuring patient data is secured and critical services and systems remain available. |
| Digital Dictation, Speech Recognition and Outsourced Transcription | 15/06/2024 | The Digital Dictation, Speech Recognition and Outsourced Transcription framework is free of charge to access for all public sector organisations, and provides a compliant route to obtaining a wide range of digital solutions and transcription services. This includes digital dictation, speech recognition, and outsourced transcription services. The framework streamlines the document management process and can provide seamless integration with existing IT Systems across the NHS and wider public sector. |
| Digital Workplace Solutions | 09/08/2024 | Digital Workplace Solutions (replacing Link: IT Solutions) Framework provides a compliant route to source effective consumer-oriented technologies that meet your requirements across a range of IT infrastructure areas. This includes: data centre infrastructure, servers and storage, networking and security products, end user computing hardware and software, bespoke software, professional services and training. |
| Digital Workplace: Hardware (Link 3) | 28/02/2025 | Digital Workplace: Hardware offers a wide range of commonly required 'end user compute' IT Hardware to aid the NHS and wider public sector organisations in their digitisation journey, and satisfy their procurement requirements in an efficient and cost effective way. It provides a compliant route to source the latest effective consumer-oriented technologies that meet customer requirements across a range of IT Hardware categories. |
| Healthcare Clinical Information Systems | 15/08/2022 | The Healthcare Clinical Information Systems Framework provides a compliant route to access Healthcare Clinical Information Systems. This includes the following services; theatre, maternity, and electronic prescribing. |
| Medicines Management Prescribing Decision Support Systems 2 | 30/09/2023 | The Medicines Management Prescribing Decision Support System Framework provides a compliant route to access a computerised system for increasing the effectiveness, safety and cost effectiveness of prescribing medicines. This framework offers potential saving opportunities of 24%. |
| Technology Enabled Care Services | 19/06/2022 | The Technology Enabled Care Services Framework provides a compliant route to access various health and social care technologies. This includes; telecare alarm technologies, continuous monitoring and associated diagnostic services. Also included is scheduled and on demand remote interactions e.g. teleconsultations. |
ESTATES & FACILITIES FRAMEWORK AGREEMENTS | ||
| Building Management Systems (Hard FM) | 24/02/2022 | The Building Management Systems (Hard FM) Framework provide estates, facilities and capital teams a compliant route to market for the provision of building services management, utilising both SME and national providers. This framework has potential savings of 5-15%. |
| Building Fabric Maintenance (Hard FM) | 24/02/2022 | The Building Fabric Maintenance (Hard FM) Framework provides estates, facilities and capital teams a compliant route to market for the provision of building fabric maintenance services, utilising both SME and national providers. This framework has potential savings of 5-10%. |
| Design, Furniture and Appliances | 11/09/2023 | The Design, Furniture and Appliances Framework has been put in place to provide a compliant route to market for soft facilities management services across a range of disciplines including: Office and Residential Furniture, ward and bedside equipment. White goods, blinds and curtains, catering equipment solutions and many more including a One Stop Shop. |
| Electrical Sundries and Components (Hard FM) | 24/02/2022 | The Electrical Sundries and Components (Hard FM) Framework provide estates, facilities and capital teams a compliant route to market for the provision of electrical sundries and components, utilising both SME and national providers. This framework has potential saving opportunities of 5-10%. |
| Fire Safety Equipment (Hard FM) | 24/02/2022 | The Fire Safety Equipment (Hard FM) Framework provides a comprehensive catalogue of fire safety equipment and associated provision of advice and support for fire safety equipment. This lot includes the supply, installation, maintenance and training for the fire safety training. This framework has potential saving opportunities of 5-10%. |
| Hard Facilities Management (Hard FM) | 24/02/2022 | The Hard Facilities Management Framework includes 83 different suppliers across 50 different lots, covering everything from building management systems and removal services; to fire safety equipment and training; electrical sundries and components, to catering equipment maintenance, measured term contracts and a fully managed service element. This framework has potential saving opportunities of 5-10%. |
| Measured Terms Contract and Minor Works (Hard FM) | 24/02/2022 | The Measured Terms Contract and Minor Works (Hard FM) Framework covers work including; reactive painting and decorating; mechanical maintenance work, electric work and building maintenance work. This framework offers potential saving opportunities of 5-10%. |
| Removal Services (Hard FM) | 24/02/2022 | The Removal Services (Hard FM) Framework includes general, bespoke and specialist removal services. The framework can also include the provision of storage and disposal of scrap items and/or equipment. This framework offers potential saving opportunities of 5-10%. |
| Smart Vending Solutions and Water Coolers | 11/09/2023 | Smart vending solutions shall offer vending machines and services through different structures for both vending machines free on loan or direct sale or a fully managed service. Water dispensers, water coolers and associated products will cover the supply and installation of drinking water dispensers, coolers, water fountains and many more. |
| Soft FM, Asset Compliance and Security Services | 19/07/2024 | The Soft FM, Security Services and Asset Compliance Framework is a full and comprehensive Agreement covering all of these key areas. The framework is regionalised across all 32 Lots and encompasses a range of SMEs, service specialists and large nationwide providers. |
| Statutory Inspections & Rating Support Services (Hard FM) | 24/02/2022 | The Statutory Inspections & Rating Support Services (Hard FM) Framework includes the annual programme of statutory inspections, and the provision of a comprehensive service including, but not limited to, rate audits and rateable valuations. This framework offers potential saving opportunities of 5-10%. |
| Waste Management and Minimisation Services | 01/01/2023 | The Waste Management and Minimisation Services Framework provides a compliant route to access clinical healthcare waste services, confidential and miscellaneous waste, and total waste management (TWM) services. This framework offers potential saving opportunities of 12% for clinical waste and 15% for domestic waste. |
| Workplace Consultancy and Interior Fit Out (Design) | 11/09/2023 | The service area in scope of Workplace Consultancy Services includes the service delivery for office and other workplace environments, survey, design and space planning. Interior Fit Out for Office, Retail and Front of house will provide experienced project management to ensure efficient professional delivery of interior fit out proposals ensuring professional installation of the redesigned spaces and fixed / new furniture solutions. |
HEALTH FRAMEWORK AGREEMENTS | ||
| Advanced Wound Care Delivery - Total Managed Service | 30/11/2021 | The Advanced Wound Care Delivery - Total Managed Service Framework is an independent and bespoke web based ordering process to complement a Trust's agreed advanced woundcare formulary and associated consumables products/medical devices. This framework offers potential saving opportunities of 2%. |
| Clinical Managed Services | 31/12/2023 | The Clinical Managed Services Framework provides comprehensive coverage within the area of managed service provision. The framework includes diagnostics, diagnostic imaging, renal, catheter laboratories, decontamination and maintenance services. This framework also includes a Lot for maintenance services and a Lot for consultancy services. |
| Community Equipment, Products and Services | 31/12/2021 | The Community Equipment, Products and Services Framework offers a broad range of medical products and services, including beds and mattresses, wheelchairs, daily living aids, home delivery of continence and moving and handling equipment (lifts and hoists) for community, acute and mental healthcare settings. |
| Contrast Media (including Injectors and Associated Products) | 08/03/2024 | The Contrast Media (including Injectors and Associated Products) Framework covers; contrast media, contrast injectors and ancillaries / associated products. This framework offers potential saving opportunities of 5%. |
| Equipment for the High Level Disinfection of Ultrasound Probes | 31/12/2022 | The Equipment for the High Level Disinfection of Ultrasound Probes Framework aims to support and work with Trusts to comply with best practice guidance on the decontamination of ultrasound probes. This framework offers potential saving opportunities of 2-5%. |
| Insourcing of Clinical Services | 30/09/2022 | The Insourcing of Clinical Services Framework supports the use of insourcing across the NHS to secure extra clinical capacity to meet increasing demand. This short to medium term solution allows Trusts to retain capacity planning in-house and ensure patients can be seen within the Trust. This framework offers up to 20% saving against tariff. |
| Inventory Management and Neutral Wholesale Services | 29/02/2024 | The Inventory Management and Neutral Wholesale Services Framework has many benefits, including; reducing the amount of stock held, strengthening stock management through more accurate usage capture, and increasing ordering efficiency by moving towards JIT. This framework has potential saving opportunities of 5-15%. |
| Medical Gases in Cylinders and Bulk Gases | 30/09/2021 | The Medical Gases in Cylinders and Bulk Gases framework provides a competitive framework for clients of NHS SBS to purchase cylinders containing a variety of medical gases. |
| Orthotics Products and Services | 08/10/2023 | The Orthotics Products and Services Framework has 9 lots, covering upper and lower body orthoses for adult and paediatric patients. |
| Outsourced Clinical Services | 30/04/2024 | The framework allows approved organisations to retain capacity planning inhouse and ensure patients can be seen within suitable and compliant timeframes and help reduce waiting lists. Approved Organisations will be able to provide additional clinical capacity by allowing patients to be seen and treated at the alternative providers own facilities. |
| Patient Discharge Services | 07/03/2023 | The Patient Discharge Services Framework has been developed to support hospital discharges for adults and streamline the transition to prevent readmissions to hospital. The framework has been divided into three lots; discharge to assess services, third party brokerage and medical care at home. |
| Point of Care Testing: Drugs of Abuse | 10/12/2021 | The Point of Care Testing: Drugs of Abuse Framework is a multi-lot framework agreement which covers drugs of abuse and alcohol testing products and services. It enables customers to test patient / donor urine, oral fluid and hair samples for the presence of any 'classic' drugs of abuse, new psychoactive Substances (NPS / 'legal highs') and/or alcohol. This framework offers potential saving opportunities of 5%+. |
| Products to Aid the Prevention of Patient Falls | 30/09/2022 | The Products to Aid the Prevention of Patient Falls Framework provides the opportunity to access solutions and products from suppliers known for their innovation to prevent patient falls. This framework offers potential saving opportunities of 5-10%. |
| Radiopharmaceutical Products | 31/03/2025 | The framework will cover the provision of radiopharmaceutical's which are agents used to diagnose medical problems and also treat diseases. These are given to a patient during treatment different ways to treat through mouth, injection or placed into the eye or bladder. Once the radiopharmaceutical is in the body the radioactivity is then detected in some cases tumours. Images are then produced through imaging equipment, Technetium generators are devices used to extract the metastable isotope 99mTC of technetium from a source of decaying Molybdenum 99. The resultant isotope is added to a kit to form the radiopharmaceutical preparation. |
| Robotic Surgery, Consumables and Related Services | 01/04/2023 | The Robotic Surgery, Consumables and Related Services Framework includes; robotic surgery, related services and consumables and a route to market to a managed service. Robotic surgical systems consist of robotic arms with laparoscopic instruments, where doctor sits a few feet away from operating table at a computer console viewing 3D visual of operating region. |
| Respiratory Therapy - Equipment and Consumables | 30/09/2021 | The Respiratory Therapy - Equipment and Consumables Framework provides services for; sleep apnoea; asthma and COPD support; products to support respiratory therapy, a managed service provision and home delivery provision. |
| Teleradiology Reporting Services | 31/01/2023 | The Teleradiology Reporting Services Framework supports the increasingly popular use of teleradiology services to meet the current and future needs of NHS radiology reporting. The framework supports early diagnosis of patients through the quick turnaround of medical imaging scans and offers potential savings of 9-24%. |