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NHS SBS frameworks: who uses them, for what
NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) was set up in 2004 by the Department of Health and Social Care as a joint venture with Sopra Steria, and runs framework agreements the NHS and wider public sector buy through. Below, read from the notices themselves: which buyers call off NHS SBS frameworks, which agreements they cite, and how often.
01/ Which agreements
The NHS SBS frameworks buyers cite.
A call-off names the framework it uses by reference. These are the references UK notices cite most, each with a sentence a buyer wrote — tap one to read it. We never guess an agreement’s name: the sentence carries it.
references matched in the sentence that names NHS SBS, one count per notice
“…tation on behalf of NHS North of England CSU for Supply of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Service Premium Concurrent Software Licenses Direct Award under the NHS SBS Framework Digital Workplace Solutions SBS/ 19/AB/WAB/9411 Terms and conditions - All communication and submissions must come via Multiquote and MUST…”
02/ Who calls them off
The buyers already using NHS SBS.
365 buyers have published a notice naming an NHS SBS framework. These ten name one most often — once you are on a framework, these are the organisations whose call-offs you can compete for.
buyer names folded for case and trailing dots; NHS SBS’s own notices excluded
03/ Over time
NHS SBS in the notices, year by year.
Other buyers’ call-off notices and NHS SBS’s own, by year of publication. Hover or tap a year. Our coverage of the registers differs by year, so read the shape rather than the growth.
Notices each year — hover or tap a column
| Period | Call-offs | NHS SBS's own | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 2016 | 6 | 21 | 27 |
| 2017 | 10 | 73 | 83 |
| 2018 | 22 | 99 | 121 |
| 2019 | 64 | 119 | 183 |
| 2020 | 89 | 80 | 169 |
| 2021 | 149 | 18 | 167 |
| 2022 | 153 | 26 | 179 |
| 2023 | 147 | 37 | 184 |
| 2024 | 185 | 39 | 224 |
| 2025 | 173 | 28 | 201 |
| 2026 | 230 | 15 | 245 |
04/ The entry points
Getting on an NHS SBS framework.
- 01Register where SBS tenders
NHS SBS lists its opportunities on Find a Tender and SAP Ariba; its eTendering service is free to suppliers.
- 02Watch NHS SBS's own notices
A place on an SBS framework is won when SBS tenders the framework — its own notices, listed below, are the entry points.
- 03Know the reference
Call-offs cite the agreement by its SBS reference (SBS/19/AB/WAB/9411, SBS10190…). The list below shows which ones buyers use.
- 04Then follow the call-offs
Once on a framework, the call-offs are the work — the buyers below already call SBS frameworks off.
Latest from NHS SBS itself
Latest call-offs naming NHS SBS
06/ Method
How this page is made
Live figures
Every figure is read from UK notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder (Open Government Licence v3.0): the sentences our requirement matcher found naming NHS SBS, one count per notice, joined to each notice's buyer and date.
A notice published by NHS SBS itself counts as its own. Any other buyer's notice counts as a call-off. Figures are floors: a notice that uses a framework without naming it in its text is not counted.
Outside sources
- NHS SBS, About us — established 2004 by DHSC in partnership with Sopra Steria; read 28 Sep 2026.
- NHS SBS, Framework agreement supplier information — opportunities on Find a Tender and SAP Business Network, eTendering free to suppliers; read 28 Sep 2026.
- NHS SBS, Procurement services — "£1bn of spend annually via our framework agreements" (NHS SBS's figure); read 28 Sep 2026.
- NHS SBS, Supplier guidance for framework agreements — the joint venture with Sopra Steria; read 28 Sep 2026.
Frameworks
NEPO frameworks
The North East councils' framework provider, read the same way.
Frameworks
Every framework provider, compared
CCS/GCA, G-Cloud, NEPO, NHS SBS, ESPO, YPO — how often UK notices name each.
Glossary
What a framework agreement is
How frameworks work, call-offs and mini-competitions.
Guide
The Procurement Act 2023
Open frameworks and the rules frameworks now run under.
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