Buyer Name: N H S Shared Business Services
Buyer Address: Three Cherry Trees Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 7AH, England
Contact Email: nsbs.digital@nhs.net
Digital Dictation, Speech Recognition & Outsourced Transcription Services 2
Buyer Contact Info
Status
complete
complete
Procedure
open
open
Value
150000000.0 GBP
150000000.0 GBP
Published
12 Jan 2026, 15:12
12 Jan 2026, 15:12
Deadline
11 Oct 2024, 11:00
11 Oct 2024, 11:00
Contract Start
30 Sep 2025, 23:00
30 Sep 2025, 23:00
Contract End
30 Sep 2027, 22:59
30 Sep 2027, 22:59
Category
services
services
CPV
72212314 - Voice recognition software development services
72212314 - Voice recognition software development services
Region
n/a
n/a
Awarded To
Aprobrium LTD T/A Lexacom, Accuro Transcriptions Solutions, BigHand Limited, Dictalogic Limited, Diktamen UK, DScribe Limited, Dict8 Limited, Dictate IT Ltd, G2 Speech UK Ltd, InventAsia Limited, Norty Ltd t/a T-Pro, Nuance Communications Ireland Limited, OKS International Limited, Scribetech UK Ltd, Voice Technologies Ltd, Xstek Limited, KCI Medical ltd t/a Solventum UK
Aprobrium LTD T/A Lexacom, Accuro Transcriptions Solutions, BigHand Limited, Dictalogic Limited, Diktamen UK, DScribe Limited, Dict8 Limited, Dictate IT Ltd, G2 Speech UK Ltd, InventAsia Limited, Norty Ltd t/a T-Pro, Nuance Communications Ireland Limited, OKS International Limited, Scribetech UK Ltd, Voice Technologies Ltd, Xstek Limited, KCI Medical ltd t/a Solventum UK
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Description
NHS Shared Business Services act in an Agency capacity for and on behalf of its customers (Approved Organisations) - existing and new. These comprise of NHS and Social Care organisations (whether acting individually, or on behalf of, or together as members of any consortia) along with any other public or private sector bodies which NHS SBS authorises to use the resulting Framework/Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). NHS Shared Business Services Limited (NHS SBS) has put in place a Framework Agreement for the provision of Digital Dictation, Speech Recognition & Outsourced Transcription and related Goods and Services for Healthcare to be used by NHS SBS Approved Organisations. Our Approved Organisation list can be found on: https://www.sbs.nhs.uk/services/framework-agreements-categories/ The framework includes Lot 1a - Digital Dictation (Fixed) Lot 1b - Digital Dictation (SaaS) Lot 2a - Speech Recognition (Fixed) Lot 2b - Speech Recognition (SaaS) Lot 3 - Outsourced Transcription Lot 4 - Combined Solutions
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