Awarded contract

Electronic Patient Records -

Details

Buyer: Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Supplier(s): Skills for Health
Value: £36,000
Duration: 3 years
Topic: Software package and information systems
Published: 27 October 2023
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

eRostering system augmenting workforce planning and development practices to allow workforce managers to seamlessly create and manage short and long-term staff rosters, maintain compliant staffing levels, and ensure teams are in the right place, at the right time.

Timeline

Completed: Award date1 October 2023
Completed: Award published27 October 2023
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date30 September 2026in 4 days

About the buyer

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides acute hospital care in Chester as part of the NHS healthcare sector, buying through a dedicated procurement department. Formal tenders are advertised on the Atamis e-tendering portal via NHS Sourcing. Larger contracts also appear on Find a Tender, with smaller awards on Contracts Finder. A Strategic Procurement team runs tendering and reverse e-auctions for commodity pricing. The Trust's Commercial Procurement Services hosts national framework agreements for NHS trusts and public bodies. Clinical procurement specialists coordinate product trials with suppliers.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's contract awards have been in construction work, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and repair and maintenance.

Relevant CPV codes

48000000 · Software package and information systems
75100000 · Administration services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@countess-of-chester-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@countess-of-chester-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@countess-of-chester-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@countess-of-chester-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@countess-of-chester-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@countess-of-chester-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust.gov