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    ContractsNational Discovery Service for NHS: Market Engagement and Architecture Design
    Open tender

    National Discovery Service for NHS: Market Engagement and Architecture Design

    Contract value
    £2.8m
    Published 13 Jul 2026

    Suppliers are invited to engage in designing a unified national discovery service that gives NHS staff and learners single-search access to trusted health and care knowledge resources.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· LondonPublished 13 Jul 2026· 2 months agoviaFind a Tender
    Contract value
    £2.8m
    Published 13 Jul 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £2,755,000indicative
      Pounds sterling
    • Closing date
      Rolling
      No closing date published
    • Sector
      IT & Software
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      London

    Lifecycle

    Open

    Open tender — no closing date published. Opened 2 months ago.

    13 July 2026
    Open tender · no closing date published

    Brief

    This pre-procurement exercise invites suppliers to help design and deliver the National Discovery Service for the NHS in England. The service will provide health and care staff and learners with seamless access to trusted, high-quality knowledge and evidence resources through a single search interface. Key components include: (1) a discovery layer connecting users to resources across multiple platforms, (2) holdings management to organize content purchased both nationally and locally, and (3) link enhancement enabling direct access to full-text digital resources and library-to-library resource sharing under the NHS Copyright Licence Plus. Suppliers may deliver all or some elements and must collaborate to create an integrated user experience. The hosted service must integrate effectively with NHS OpenAthens, regional Koha library management systems, research repositories, and diverse content suppliers. The contract is estimated to begin 1 April 2027 for an initial 3-year term with optional extensions, subject to organizational priorities. Any transition period between current and new suppliers will be accommodated within the agreed contract period. Detailed high-level requirements are available in the associated RFI document.

    Track record

    28 awards · 25 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In it software, NHS ENGLAND has awarded 28 contracts to 25 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. BYTES SOFTWARE SERVICES LIMITED3× · 11%
    2. AKHTER COMPUTERS LIMITED2× · 7%
    3. Woodward Associates Limited1× · 4%
    4. dRofus AS1× · 4%
    5. ADDVANTAGE DIGITAL SOLUTIONS LTD1× · 4%
    6. UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST1× · 4%

    +19 more suppliers

    Across it software, the most active winners are SOFTCAT PLC, PHOENIX SOFTWARE LTD, CIVICA UK LIMITED — the field to beat, or your route in as a partner.

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    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-06c9ff

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    Sector
    IT & Software