Smartcards Service
Details
- Buyer
- NHS England
- Supplier(s)
- British Telecommunications PLC
- Value
- £13,592,152.9
- Duration
- 3 years
- Topic
- Information technology services
- Published
- 28 September 2026
- Source
- uk:contracts_finder
Tender description
Smartcard Service for the NHS. Includes supply of Smartcards, Middleware (inc. development) and associated support and logistics wraparound services. Contract awarded on a 3+1+1 year term, following further competition under Lot 1 of the CCS TePAS2 framework (RM6098/L1).
Timeline
- Completed: Award published28 September 2026Current notice
- Next: Award date1 October 2026in 1 day
- Upcoming: Contract expiry date22 October 2029
About the buyer
NHS England runs the NHS in England, and buys as a central healthcare organisation with its own team of procurement professionals. Every tender is advertised on Atamis, the NHS's single eCommercial system, and larger contracts appear on Find a Tender. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements and the Crown Commercial Service. Clinical services are commissioned directly or through the Provider Selection Regime. Seven regional teams support the commissioning of healthcare services across the country. The central commercial function that develops procurement strategy for the whole NHS sits here.
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 England's contract awards have been in education and training, health and social work, and IT services.
Relevant CPV codes
- 72222300 · Information technology services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-england.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-england.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-england.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-england.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-england.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-england.gov |
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