Expired contract

DHSC: CMO: HSJ Subscription Services

Details

Buyer: Department of Health and Social Care
Supplier(s): HSJ WILMINGTON SHARED
Value: £37,500
Duration: 1 year
Topic: Subscription services
Published: 8 April 2024
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

The Knowledge Centre is seeking to renew the Health Service Journal (HSJ) subscription. This digital resource provides a news and insight service for DHSC by keeping our staff up to date on healthcare and NHS news and is the only resource that covers all aspects of publicly funded healthcare from health policy to acute and primary care, specialist services to mental health and commissioning to provision. It also provides news, analysis, best practice information and advice from the most influential people in health sector. The Knowledge Centre has subscribed to the HSJ for at least 20 years. Monitoring shows that our regular engaged users include Director Generals and Ministers as well as staff in wider policy and analytical teams.

Timeline

Completed: Award date20 March 2024
Completed: Award published8 April 2024
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date16 March 2025

About the buyer

The Department of Health and Social Care sets health and social care policy for England, and buys as a central healthcare organisation through contracts tiered by value. Suppliers register on Atamis, the department's e-tendering portal, to see live opportunities. Larger contracts also appear on Find a Tender once government thresholds are passed. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements and the Crown Commercial Service. Every contract carries a 30-day payment term under the Procurement Act 2023.

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 the Department of Health and Social Care's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and health and social work.

Relevant CPV codes

79980000 · Subscription services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-of-health-and-social-care.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-of-health-and-social-care.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-of-health-and-social-care.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-of-health-and-social-care.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-of-health-and-social-care.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-of-health-and-social-care.gov