Contract award · 28 Oct 2021

Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework Agreement

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust awarded “Digital Document Solutions…” to Academia Ltd, Crown Records Management Limited, Swisspost Solutions Ltd.

No competitionIT servicesLondon

Value across 47 lots Not published

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

What “without competition” means

Key facts

Buyer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
Value
Not published
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date28 Oct 2021
  2. Published30 Mar 2026Published 1614 days after the contract date

Description

The scope of this framework agreement includes but is not limited to all digital document<br/>solutions plus any associated hardware or software.This can be summarised as follows:<br/>Internal Print, External Print, Digital Mail Room, Scanning, Document Storage , Electronic<br/>Document Record Management Solutions (EDRMS), Digital Dictation, Workflow Processes,<br/>Contract Centre.The framework agreement will allow for further competition and direct<br/>award to all awarded suppliers. In order to facilitate direct award, this framework will require<br/>the submission of national list pricing that will be published in a catalogue to all potential<br/>Drawdown authorities in full and unrestricted.

Lots in this award

LotSupplierValue
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementAcademia Ltd—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementCrown Records Management Limited SME—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementSwisspost Solutions Ltd—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementCleardata UK Limited SME—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementGateway Bureau Services Ltd SME—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementHyland Software UK Ltd—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementConduent—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementLandscape Printing Limited SME—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementBluewire Technologies SME—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementNuance Communications Ireland Limited—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementCFH Docmail Limited SME—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework Agreement3M MModal—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementRestore PLC SME—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementXBP Europe Limited (formerly Exela Technologies Ltd)—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementXerox (UK) Ltd—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementIron Mountain UK PLC—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementBramble Hub Limited SME—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementG2 Speech UK Ltd SME—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementHP—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementOITUK Limited trading as CCube Solutions SME—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementAltodigital Networks Ltd—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementVision SME—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementPrint Search Ltd SME—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementCSP Ltd SME—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementKonica Minolta Business Solutions UK Limited—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementRatcliff and Roper (Printers) Ltd SME—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementCivica UK Limited—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementPSL Print Management SME—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementCapita Business Services Ltd—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementRicoh UK Limited—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementHH Global Limited—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementHarlow Printing Limited SME—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementIMMJ Systems Ltd SME—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementKyocera Document Solutions UK Limited—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementSynertec Limited SME—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementContinuous Dataprint (UK) Ltd SME—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementCorporate Document Services Ltd SME—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementNHS Business Services Authority—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementCorona Corporate Solutions—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementCanon (UK) Limited—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementLGDavis SME—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementApogee Corporation Ltd—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementFlowForma SME—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementHugh Symons Information Management Ltd—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementMBA Group Limited SME—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementArdington Archives LLP SME—
Digital Document Solutions (DDS) Framework AgreementASL SME—

About the suppliers

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16 Jun 2026 Hugh Symons Information Management Ltd £120k
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