Digital Technical Clinical Support
18/08/2025- 17/08/2029
This framework agreement is delivered by NHS London Procurement Partnership (NHS LPP) and available to our member organisations via NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC).
If you wish to access this framework agreement, please complete the NHS LPP Customer Access Agreement (CAA) form located in the fileshare area, and return completed forms to enquiries@noecpc.nhs.uk.
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The Digital Technical Clinical Support (DTCS) framework has been developed for the procurement of technical expertise and support, as a direct response to the NHS’s increasing need for specialised, flexible support across clinical digital projects, where in-house resources are limited or stretched.
The DTCS framework has evolved from the previous Clinical Digital Professional Services (CDPS) framework and the OneLondon Local Health and Care Record DPS - both of which have played an important role in helping NHS organisations access niche professional services. The new framework brings together the scope of these agreements, introduces two new additional Lots to reflect demand following market consultation, and simplifies access for buyers across the NHS and wider public sector.
The DTCS framework has been designed to provide a reliable route to access specialist skills for implementation, integration, development and optimisation of clinical digital systems.
It covers the full suite of clinical digital professional services, including services pertaining to both proprietary solutions and opensource solutions. All standalone, clinical system focused professional services are covered within the remit of the framework and the provisions available to the public sector.
- Fully PCR 2015 compliant procurement route to market for digital technical clinical services
- Supports both direct award and further competition, giving flexibility based on urgency and project scale
- Transparent pricing via published day rate catalogue, enabling benchmarking and cost control
- Incorporates robust evaluation and compliance standards including financial viability, social value (PPN 06/20) and carbon reduction plans (PPN 06/21)
- Encourages SME participation, supporting innovation and local supplier engagement
- NHSE CCF Accredited, supported by NHS LPP’s contract management, social value and procurement experts with ready to use documentation and supporting templates.
- Compliments service elements of the Clinical Digital Health Solutions (CDHS) framework
Lot 1: Cloud Hosting, Environment Build, Operation and Maintenance Professional Services
Professional services to design, build and maintain secure, scalable cloud environments tailored for healthcare data and systems. Includes infrastructure setup, security management, monitoring, backups and disaster recovery.
Lot 2: Design, Development and Deployment Professional Services
Specialist support in software architecture, application development, cloud deployment, DevOps, and clinical data modelling. Ideal for projects requiring bespoke system development, transformation mapping and agile delivery.
Lot 3: Implementation Professional Services
Support for the rollout and configuration of proprietary or opensource clinical systems, including change management, decommissioning legacy systems, and post-implementation assurance and benefits realisation.
Lot 4: Integration Professional Services
Expertise in connecting systems across care settings using national standards (e.g. FHIR, HL7). Supports interoperability and population health tools through data exchange and API-based service models.
Lot 5: General Clinical Digital Professional Services
Broad consultancy covering strategy, business case development, optimisation, technical architecture, governance, performance metrics, and end-user support. Designed for projects that span multiple domains.
Answer Digital Limited
Apira Ltd Primary
Atos IT Services UK Limited
Avanade UK Limited
BearingPoint
Blue Pelican Consulting
Burendo Ltd
Cloud 21
EMIS Health (Optum)
EntServ UK Ltd
Ethical Healthcare Consulting
Evolution Recruitment Solutions Limited
Health Systems Support Ltd
Healthcare Innovations Consortium Ltd
Insight Direct (UK) Ltd
Kinseed Limited
Learning Health Solutions
Mastek UK Ltd
Parico Limited
Safehand Consulting Limited
Smart Co Consulting Limited
Softcat Plc
St. Vincent's Consulting Ltd
Stalis Ltd
Streamwave Ltd
Telefónica Tech Northern Ireland Limited
Thalamos Ltd
The Public Service Consultants Limited
VE3 Global
Zuhlke Engineering Ltd