Digital Dictation, Speech Recognition & Outsourced Transcription Services 2

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

NHS Shared Business Services Limited

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

002342-2026

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 32332100, 32342450, 32344110, 48311000, 48314000, 48317000, 48517000, 48900000, 72212314, 72261000, 72500000, 79550000

Published tags

award, contract

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

27 Aug 2026

NHS Shared Business Services act in an Agency capacity for and on behalf of its customers (Approved Organisations) - existing and new. These comprise of NHS and Social Care organisations (whether acting individually, or on behalf of, or together as members of any consortia) along with any other public or private sector bodies which NHS SBS authorises to use the resulting Framework/Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). NHS Shared Business Services Limited (NHS SBS) has put in place a Framework Agreement for the provision of Digital Dictation, Speech Recognition & Outsourced Transcription and related Goods and Services for Healthcare to be used by NHS SBS Approved Organisations. Our Approved Organisation list can be found on: https://www.sbs.nhs.uk/services/framework-agreements-categories/ The framework includes Lot 1a - Digital Dictation (Fixed) Lot 1b - Digital Dictation (SaaS) Lot 2a - Speech Recognition (Fixed) Lot 2b - Speech Recognition (SaaS) Lot 3 - Outsourced Transcription Lot 4 - Combined Solutions

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1. Award notice observed

   12 Jan 2026

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   002342-2026

   Published tags

   award, contract

Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Digital Dictation (Fixed)

  Buyer: NHS Shared Business Services LimitedSupplier: Aprobrium LTD T/A Lexacom

  End date in notice

  Date not published

  Value shown in notice

  £150,000,000Value from the linked contract

  Official source

  Open the official Find a Tender notice for Digital Dictation (Fixed)

  About this figure

  • 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.
  • This figure comes from the linked contract record. Overall totals continue to use the separately published award value.

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  Source

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  Award or lot reference

  002342-2026-SBS10505-1

• Digital Dictation (Fixed)

  Buyer: NHS Shared Business Services LimitedSupplier: BigHand Limited

Related evidence

Published terms and linked processes

• Options are statedLot 1a

  The Contracting Authority has the option to extend the term of the framework by up to 24 months upon conclusion of the initial 24 months framework term.

  Published 12 Jan 2026.Open supporting notice 002342-2026
• Options are statedLot 1b

  The Contracting Authority has the option to extend the term of the framework by up to 24 months upon conclusion of the initial 24 months framework term.

  Published 12 Jan 2026.Open supporting notice 002342-2026
• Options are statedLot 2a

  The Contracting Authority has the option to extend the term of the framework by up to 24 months upon conclusion of the initial 24 months framework term.

  Published 12 Jan 2026.Open supporting notice 002342-2026
• Options are statedLot 2b

  The Contracting Authority has the option to extend the term of the framework by up to 24 months upon conclusion of the initial 24 months framework term.

  Published 12 Jan 2026.Open supporting notice 002342-2026
• Options are statedLot 3

  The Contracting Authority has the option to extend the term of the framework by up to 24 months upon conclusion of the initial 24 months framework term.

  Published 12 Jan 2026.Open supporting notice 002342-2026
• Options are statedLot 4

  The Contracting Authority has the option to extend the term of the framework by up to 24 months upon conclusion of the initial 24 months framework term.

  Published 12 Jan 2026.Open supporting notice 002342-2026

No exact source-published process relationship was found.