Awarded contract

NHS Online

Details

Value
£9,900,000
Duration
1 year
Topic
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Published
9 October 2026

Tender description

Contract for the provision of the following services for the Virtual Hospital (VH) programme Alpha Development Phase 2: Digital Definition, DevOps, End to End Development and Data Management Services. This contract can also be used to support a number of short term/time bound/outcome based statements of work across related initiatives. To address the significant challenge to improve planned (elective) care performance and drive productivity improvements, as outlined in The Elective Reform Plan and The 10 Year Plan, the Virtual Hospital Programme is working to establish a new, NHS owned, national digital elective care provider that focusses solely on delivering elective care virtually. It will offer an expanding range of end-to-end specialist elective care services, as a choice for all patients across England. The digital-first entity will deliver patient care unconstrained by geographical boundaries, offering the ability to better align clinical capacity with patient demand. Patient pathways will be delivered remotely, utilising the existing workforce more effectively through flexible working arrangements whilst taking full advantage of the latest technologies and innovations to deliver standardised and timely patient care.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date28 September 2026
  2. Completed: Award published9 October 2026
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date27 September 2027in 11 months

About the buyer

NHS England runs the NHS in England, and buys as a central healthcare organisation with its own team of procurement professionals. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements and the Crown Commercial Service. 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.

Clinical services are commissioned directly or through the Provider Selection Regime.

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.

AI insights

  • Is there a preferred supplier?
  • What are the buyers pain points?
  • What has the buyer previously procured?
  • What are the key requirements?

This one's been awarded. Find the next before it's published.

Get a free pre-tender lead
Save this contract

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Contact nameJob titlePhone numberWork email
Head of Procurement+44 •••• ••••••
Commercial Director+44 •••• ••••••
Procurement Manager+44 •••• ••••••
Category Lead+44 •••• ••••••
Senior Buyer+44 •••• ••••••
Contracts Manager+44 •••• ••••••

Related topics

Topics related to NHS Online, ranked by notice volume.

View all topics
TopicCountValue
  1. 2,139
    £41.7bn
  2. 39,197
    £6.1tn

Finding public sector work shouldn't be hard

Make your next tender search effortless with Stotles. Set up alerts, find decision maker contacts and never miss a good-fit opportunity again.