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# Digital Inequalities Support Service - NHS Black Country ICB

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/digital-inequalities-support-service-nhs-black-country-icb-ocds-h6vhtk-047c9b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board: "Digital Inequalities Support Service - NHS Black Country ICB". Published status: active. Published Value: £354,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 31 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: health-family.force.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-black-country-integrated-care-board-nhs-qua)
- **Published Value:** £354,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 31 July 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Adult and other education services, Computer-user familiarisation and training services, Training services, Vocational training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-047c9b`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/digital-inequalities-support-service-nhs-black-country-icb-ocds-h6vhtk-047c9b#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [health-family.force.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhealth-family.force.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/digital-inequalities-support-service-nhs-black-country-icb-ocds-h6vhtk-047c9b#participate

## Description
Guidance from NHS England and the ICB’s Operations Plan for Digital Requirements includes ‘Mitigating against digital exclusion, including by implementing the framework for NHS action on digital inclusion’.  We should also continue to connect services to and champion use of the NHS APP and website as the Digital Front Door to the NHS, to help people get and stay well and manage their own health and maximise adoption of the patient engagement portal services.<br/><br/>NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board (ICB) is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to express interest in delivering a Support Service to deliver and complete this framework. The provider will be required to work alongside the ICB in partnership to distribute digital devices to enable citizens of the Black Country including Dudley, Walsall, Sandwell and Wolverhampton, to become more digitally enabled, allowing quicker and better access to health and social care services.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80500000, 80530000, 80533000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Estimated Value:** £354,000
- **Description:** The service is for the provision of a Digital Inequalities Support Service.<br/><br/>Guidance from NHS England and the ICB’s Operations Plan for Digital Requirements includes ‘Mitigating against digital exclusion, including by implementing the framew...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F021251-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-07-11T11:57:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T16:52:48.726Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-047c9b