RFP QuestBeta
ClosedStage · contract

NHS Digital

Spine DevOps

IT ServicesCPV 72000000 72200000
Value£22.5m
Deadline12 Apr 2021
Published27 Feb 2026
RegionLondon
Timeline
Published 27 Feb 2026ClosedCloses 12 Apr 2021
Contract value in context
£22.5mtotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£24.3m

This is a large award for IT Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

This call-off contract is for the provision of run, maintain and development of the Spine Core Platform and ensure it is fully operative and available 24x7x365.

Spine Core is a collection of national applications and services which act as a central integration point to facilitate the exchange of information between local and national IT systems.

It supports the IT infrastructure for health and social care in England, joining together over 23,000 healthcare IT systems in 20,500 organisations.

It holds 100TB of data and handles 10,000,000,000 messages a year.

The Initial Contract Value is £18,000,000 (£22,500,000 including the optional extension period).

VARIATION The value of this variation is £9,000,000.

This variation is being made in accordance with Regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

The scope of services provided under the contract remain the same, with the variation facilitating a continuation of support while a re-procurement and transition to a new agreement continues.

The Total Contract Value is £31,500,000 and the Expiry Date has been extended to 31/12/2027

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

This call-off contract is for the provision

This call-off contract is for the provision of run, maintain and development of the Spine Core Platform and ensure it is fully operative and available 24x7x365.

02

Spine Core is a collection of national

Spine Core is a collection of national applications and services which act as a central integration point to facilitate the exchange of information between local and national IT systems.

03

The scope of services provided under

The scope of services provided under the contract remain the same, with the variation facilitating a continuation of support while a re-procurement and transition to a new agreement continues.

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Source & provenance
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Stage
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Source
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