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The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS)

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS)

Buyer Address: 1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, UKM, EH12 9EB

Contact Email: laura.ferguson7@nhs.scot

Status
complete
Procedure
limited
Value
6105243.0 GBP
Published
03 Jul 2025, 00:00
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
services
CPV
72000000
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Computacenter
Official Source
Open Public Contracts Scotland

Description

This is an agreement for the provision of Microsoft Azure Hosting Services.

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Opportunity Context

More Information Links

External Link: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL533834

Link Title: Microsoft Azure Hosting

Link Description: This is an agreement for the provision of Microsoft Azure Hosting Services.

Lots

Lot Description: This is an agreement for the provision of Microsoft Azure Hosting Services. This is an essential service that provides Digital healthcare systems nationally, for example HEPMA, CHI, NIP. Within NSS, Azure is used to host the Nationally Accessed Cloud based system, which is in use across NHS Scotland. This is a renewal of our agreement with Microsoft to host these and other systems within the Azure Cloud.

Lot 1 Status: complete

Lot 1 Has Options: No

Documents

Document Title: Microsoft Azure Hosting

Document Description: This is an agreement for the provision of Microsoft Azure Hosting Services.

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