Inner City and East Bristol Inequalities (ICE) Funding Programme

About the buyer

NHS Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire ICB runs day-to-day NHS services across the area as its NHS CCG / STP / ICS body. Tenders are advertised through the Health Family e-procurement system, Atamis. Larger contracts appear on Find a Tender. The ICB sits within the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care System, working alongside local NHS trusts and councils. Recent tenders have covered a shared care record platform and an emergency care dashboard. Procurement decisions are overseen by the ICB's Finance, Estates and Digital Committee.

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 NHS Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire ICB's contract awards have been in health and social work, IT services and business services.