Awarded contract

Convergence limited ( Group Networks) - BWC

Details

Value
£162,224.51
Duration
3 years
Topic
IT software package
Published
27 March 2025

Tender description

For the provision of connectivity services, enabling Site-to-Site or Site-to-cloud interconnectivity provided by Convergence Limited for Birmingham Women's and Children's

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date13 December 2024
  2. Completed: Award published27 March 2025
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date10 December 2027in 14 months

About the buyer

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust buys as an NHS trust and hosts the BSOL Procurement Collaborative. The collaborative procures on behalf of five NHS organisations across Birmingham and Solihull. Simon Clarke leads its Senior Management Team as Managing Director. The team reports quarterly to a Partnership Board. Procurement and Supply Chain services span the wider Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System. The Healthcare Supply Association named the collaborative Procurement and Supply Chain Team of the Year in 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 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, business services and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 48517000 · IT software package

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