Stone, XMA and Softcat are among the companies to be awarded spots on an NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) framework.
The Link 3 framework is for the procurement of IT hardware and services and will run for four years. It replaces the Link 2 framework, which expires from 12 March 2021.
Other suppliers on the framework include Ricoh, CDW, SCC and Insight. Stone is listed in five of the six Lots and was previously on the Link 2 framework.
The framework is split into six Lots: Desktop PCs, laptop, tablets, specialist healthcare technology, printing and scanning hardware and a “one-stop-shop” the latter of which is a list of suppliers who can provide two or more of the items together that are covered in the other five Lots.
Link 3 is a collaboration between NHS SBS and the North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative and will be available to the NHS and the wider public sector.
