Contract for the Provision of Frontline Digitisation Support and Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Implementation Expertise for NHS South, Central and West CSU

About the buyer

NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit is a healthcare buyer, an NHS commissioning support unit that runs procurement for integrated care boards, NHS trusts and healthcare providers. A healthcare procurement team runs end-to-end tendering for clinical services. Tenders are advertised through the In-Tend portal, where suppliers register to bid. A Dynamic Purchasing System covers commonly sourced goods and services such as orthodontics, consultancy and IT solutions. Purchase-to-pay processes and catalogues run through a transactional procurement service for member organisations.

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 South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit's contract awards have been in software and information systems, IT services and education and training.