Awarded contract

QAS Addressing Software

Details

Buyer: NHS National Services Scotland
Supplier(s): Experian Ltd
Value: £530,984
Topic: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Published: 6 February 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The provision of software and support for software in which the contracting authority holds licence rights and which is used within a number of clinical and business systems for address verification and ancillary purposes. Lot 1: The provision of software licencing and support for a number of software products in which the contracting authority holds licences rights and which are used within a number of clinical and business applications utilised by NHS Scotland Health Boards for address verification and ancillary purposes. The proposed contract will provide continuity of service based upon the existing use and on which the efficient delivery of NHS Scotland’s services to citizens relies. The Contracting Authority has embarked upon a programme of work aimed at transitioning from the use of these products to alternatives that are available from a contractual arrangement that is administered by the Scottish Government known as the Public Sector Geospatial Agreement. This contract provides continuity of service to allow that programme of work to progress. The contract will be for a period of one year.

Timeline

Completed: Award date4 February 2026
Completed: Award published6 February 2026
Current notice

About the buyer

NHS National Services Scotland is a national healthcare body serving NHS Scotland, and its National Procurement arm is Scotland's largest procurement organisation. Tenders are advertised on Public Contracts Scotland under the buyer name Common Services Agency. Suppliers apply for those tenders to get onto a national framework. Each contract record on the register names the framework, its dates, the winning suppliers and the National Procurement contract owner. The National Distribution Service then delivers stock to hospital wards and community centres across NHS Scotland. Innovative products can be submitted through an online innovation portal.

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 National Services Scotland's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, IT services and transport equipment.

Relevant CPV codes

72000000 · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-national-services-scotland.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-national-services-scotland.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-national-services-scotland.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-national-services-scotland.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-national-services-scotland.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-national-services-scotland.gov