NHS Business Services Authority - NHS Supply Chain Future Operating Model - Category Towers Procurement Services (Tranche 2)

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

Department of Health

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

6422b9c3-e84a-49c5-b7e4-5c87ac65a61e-199932

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 79418000

Published tags

award

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

27 Aug 2026

A current contract between the Authority and its incumbent provider (which trades as 'NHS Supply Chain')relating to the procurement and supply chain of goods in the NHS is due to expire on 30 September 2018. As part of the Future Operating Model the Authority has conducted a procurement exercise in order to award ten (10) contracts for the provision of procurement services for each of the defined Category Towers. The procurement for these contracts was conducted in two (2) Tranches, this contract award notice relates to Tranche 2 only. A further contract award notice was published in relation to Tranche 1 and a link has been provided in this notice. Each contract will be for an initial thirty six month (36) period (excluding the implementation period) and maybe extended for up to two additional twelve (12) month periods, subject to meeting the relevant criteria set out in the contract. The total operative period of the contract, following implementation, shall not exceed sixty (60) months Additional information: Note that Tower 9 - Office Solutions was not part of the Category Towers OJEU procurement which is why it is not published here. The contracts have been executed by the NHS Business Services Authority ("the Authority"). The procurement was run by the Department of Health on behalf of the Authority. This procurement exercise was completed via the Department of Health's e-Sourcing Portal.

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Observed notice trail

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1. Award notice observed

   9 Feb 2018

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Aug 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   5e1702ef-6638-428c-a5b7-7f0d796d86a2-190278

   Published tags

   award

2. Award notice observed

   20 Feb 2018

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Aug 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   6422b9c3-e84a-49c5-b7e4-5c87ac65a61e-199932

   Published tags

   award

Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• NHS Business Services Authority - NHS Supply Chain Future Operating Model - Category Towers Procurement Services (Tranche 2)

  Buyer: Department of HealthSupplier: AKESO & COMPANY LIMITED

  End date in notice

  2 Jul 2021

  Value shown in notice

  £77,500,000Whole award value; not assigned to one supplier

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  • This award names more than one supplier but does not divide the published value between them. The figure is shown for context and is not assigned to one supplier.

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  Source

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  Award or lot reference

  ocds-b5fd17-fd39e443-e317-472e-a82f-c1a25aacdfb1-2

• NHS Business Services Authority - NHS Supply Chain Future Operating Model - Category Towers Procurement Services (Tranche 2)

  Buyer: Department of Health

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