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Drug Knowledge Base for ElectronicHealth and Care Record
Published 9 Jul 2026
9 Jul 2026
- Primary CPV
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48000000 *
Software package and information systems
- Location
- 🇬🇧 South West
- Value
- £2,898,280
- Contract
-
9.7 years Duration
20/07/2026 31/03/2036
- Contract Types
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48 *Software packages & information systemsFull CPV Breakdown
- SME suitable
- Not stated
Publisher Address
Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, TA1 5DA, United Kingdom · UKK
Contact
Award Criteria
Not specified
Related tenders
SOMERSET NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
All notices from this publisher Same CPV code
48000000 *
All notices with this CPV code
Reference: C457749
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust intends to enter into an agreement with First Data Bank (FDB)UK for the provision of FDB Multilex. Multilex is FDB UK's proprietary software which provides medicines optimisation and clinical decision support for medicines management for the purposes of embedding within the Healthset Programme Epic electronic health and care record.
Awarded to
Full CPV breakdown
- 48000000 — Software package and information systems (primary)
Notice details
- Buyer type
- Central government
- Competition
- Direct award (no competition)
- Contract type
- Goods
- Winning supplier
- Large company
- Procurement method
- Direct award
- Main category
- Goods
- Above threshold
- Yes
- Legal basis
- UKPGA 2023/54
- Notice status
- Complete
- Award status
- Pending
- Language
- EN
- Published
- 09 Jul 2026 09:14
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06c6f3
- Notice ID
- C457749
Organisations on this notice
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS DORSET NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Procuring Entity
Management Offices, Poole Hospital, Longfleet Road, POOLE, BH15 2JB, United Kingdom
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GB-NHS R0D
DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Procuring Entity
Williams Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 2 JY, United Kingdom
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GB-NHS RBD
DORSET HEALTHCARE UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Procuring Entity
Sentinel House, 4-6 Nuffield Road, Poole, BH17 0RB, United Kingdom
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GB-NHS RDY
Supplier Large
Stratus House Emperor Way, Exeter, EX1 3QS, United Kingdom
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GB-COH 01880682
Key dates
- Future Signature Date
- 9 Jul 2026 · Scheduled
Full notice record
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Organisations
| Party 1 › Name | SOMERSET NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |
| Party 1 › Address › Street | Musgrove Park Hospital |
| Party 1 › Address › Town / city | Taunton |
| Party 1 › Address › Postcode | TA1 5DA |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 1 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKK23 |
| Party 1 › Role | buyer |
| Party 1 › Classification › Description | Public authority - central government |
| Party 2 › Name | UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS DORSET NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |
| Party 2 › Address › Street | Management Offices, Poole Hospital, Longfleet Road |
| Party 2 › Address › Town / city | POOLE |
| Party 2 › Address › Postcode | BH15 2JB |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 2 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKK24 |
| Party 2 › Role | Procuring entity |
| Party 2 › Role Details | One contract on behalf of the Trust |
| Party 3 › Name | DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |
| Party 3 › Address › Street | Williams Avenue |
| Party 3 › Address › Town / city | Dorchester, Dorset |
| Party 3 › Address › Postcode | DT1 2 JY |
| Party 3 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 3 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 3 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKK25 |
| Party 3 › Role | Procuring entity |
| Party 3 › Role Details | One contract on behalf of the Trust split by bed numbers |
| Party 4 › Name | DORSET HEALTHCARE UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |
| Party 4 › Address › Street | Sentinel House, 4-6 Nuffield Road |
| Party 4 › Address › Town / city | Poole |
| Party 4 › Address › Postcode | BH17 0RB |
| Party 4 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 4 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 4 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKK24 |
| Party 4 › Role | Procuring entity |
| Party 4 › Role Details | One contract on behalf of the Trust split by bed numbers |
| Party 5 › Name | FIRST DATABANK UK LTD |
| Party 5 › Address › Street | Stratus House Emperor Way |
| Party 5 › Address › Town / city | Exeter |
| Party 5 › Address › Postcode | EX1 3QS |
| Party 5 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 5 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 5 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKK43 |
| Party 5 › Role | supplier |
| Party 5 › Link | http://www.fdbhealth.com/ |
| Party 5 › Business size | large |
| Party 5 › VCSEs | No |
Buyer
| Name | SOMERSET NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |
Tender
| Title | Drug Knowledge Base for ElectronicHealth and Care Record |
| Description | Somerset NHS Foundation Trust intends to enter into an agreement with First Data Bank (FDB)UK for the provision of FDB Multilex. Multilex is FDB UK's proprietary software which provides medicines optimisation and clinical decision support for medicines management for the purposes of embedding within the Healthset Programme Epic electronic health and care record. |
| Status | complete |
| Procedure type | direct |
| Procedure | Direct award |
| Lot › Status | complete |
| Lot › Suitable for › SMEs | Yes |
| Document › Document type | Conflict of interest |
| Document › Description | Not published |
Awards
| Title | Drug Knowledge Base for Electronic Health andCare Record |
| Status | pending |
| Value › Value incl. VAT | £3,477,936 |
| Value › Value | £2,898,280 |
| Value › Currency | GBP |
| Category | goods |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| Supplier › Name | FIRST DATABANK UK LTD |
| Item › CPV › CPV 1 › Description | Software package and information systems |
| Item › CPV › CPV 2 › Description | System and support services |
| Item › Delivery › Region (NUTS) | UKK |
| Item › Delivery › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Country | United Kingdom |
| Contract period › Start | 20 Jul 2026 |
| Contract period › End | 31 Mar 2036 |
| Document › Document type | Award notice |
| Document › Description | Transparency notice on Find a Tender |
| Document › Link | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/064467-2026 |
| Document › Published | 9 Jul 2026 |
| Milestone › Type | Future signature date |
| Milestone › Due | 9 Jul 2026 |
| Milestone › Status | scheduled |