Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Department of Health and Social Care · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Guidehouse Europe Limited
- Value
- £1,185,000
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Sector
- IT services · Information technology services (CPV 72222300)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
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- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Oct 2026
- Published14 Oct 2026Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
A time-bound "operating model sprint" to define the optimal central Technology, Digital and Data (TDD) function required for the health and care system, and to set out a safe transition from the current state to April 2027 and beyond, protecting live services and existing delivery commitments (including the 10 Year Health Plan) within the SR25 financial envelope. The sprint will define the functions of a future "digital centre" (with particular focus on cyber and data), clarify which decisions and responsibilities sit centrally versus being federated across regions, ICBs and providers (and the mandates retained by the centre), and specify how the centre will interact with DHSC and the wider system. It will develop deliverable operating model and organisational structure options (including product/pathway-centric approaches aligned to Modern Service Frameworks, market leverage, and appropriate build/own/operate/transfer balance), alongside a workforce strategy and an implementation and…
About the supplier
Guidehouse Europe Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11378449).