Awarded contract

Cloud Based Digital Automation

Details

Buyer: University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Supplier(s): DH OpCo UK Ltd (Dedalus)
Value: £235,000
Duration: 1 year
Topic: IT software package
Published: 19 March 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

This is Capital, funded by the NHSE national DDC team. This project presents a timely opportunity to harness digital automation in line with UHL’s Imaging strategy. By shifting administrative focus toward value-added tasks and embedding patient-centred digital tools, the initiative aims to stabilise workforce pressures, optimise capacity, and deliver a more responsive and empowering experience for patients. It is a cloud based solution that is integrated with the NHS APP to provide a single gateway for appointment booking. Explain how this has been funded, what approvals have been sought, if this brings a saving, and if this will have an ongoing revenue imp This award has been fuded by the NHSE national DDC team. This has been approved by the EMRAD SRO (Will Monoghan). Chief financial Officer Lead Bond and the data and Digital board. Key benefits metrics are: ## Contract award Title: Cloud Based Digital Automation

Timeline

Completed: Award published19 March 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date19 March 2026
Next: Contract expiry date1 April 2027in 5 months

About the buyer

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is an NHS trust running three acute hospitals and community services across seven further sites. NHS Supply Chain has worked with the Trust on catering procurement. Major equipment needs are covered through long-term managed-service contracts. The Trust recruits its own procurement staff through its careers site.

Over the past 5 years, most of University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, repair and maintenance and software and information systems.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@university-hospitals-of-leicester-nhs-trust.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@university-hospitals-of-leicester-nhs-trust.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@university-hospitals-of-leicester-nhs-trust.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@university-hospitals-of-leicester-nhs-trust.gov
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Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@university-hospitals-of-leicester-nhs-trust.gov