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NHS KENT AND MEDWAY ICB

Contract for the Provision of a Medicine Optimisation Prescribing Decision Support Systems

Software & IT SystemsCPV 48000000
Value£535k
Awarded18 Dec 2025
Published12 May 2026
RegionSouth East
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£535ktotal contract value
median £91k
this tender£0£1.1m

This is a large award for Software & IT Systems — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 30,286 valued Software & IT Systems tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The contract is awarded for an initial period of 2 years (24 months) -£535,426.76 ex VAT Optional extension for up to 24 months Maximum contract term - 4 years (48 months) The procurement process was supported initially by MCH Procurement, and then MTW Procurement took over as procurement advisors in 2026 to place a new contract, for the Provision of a Medicine Optimisation Prescribing Decision Support System.

NHS Kent and Medway ICB's requirement is for a Prescribing Decision Support System,covering the ICB footprint.

A call-off process from the NHS SBS framework (SBS10252) was undertaken, involving a mini competition, this was restricted, only allowing suppliers on the framework to participate, to identify the most suitable provider to deliver requirements.

The contract has been awarded to Optum Health Solutions (UK) Limited.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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The procurement process was supported initially by

The procurement process was supported initially by MCH Procurement, and then MTW Procurement took over as procurement advisors in 2026 to place a new contract, for the Provision of a Medicine Optimisation Prescribing Decision Support System.

02

NHS Kent and Medway ICB's requirement is

NHS Kent and Medway ICB's requirement is for a Prescribing Decision Support System,covering the ICB footprint.

03

A call-off process from the NHS SBS

A call-off process from the NHS SBS framework (SBS10252) was undertaken, involving a mini competition, this was restricted, only allowing suppliers on the framework to participate, to identify the most suitable provider to deliver requirements.

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