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# Digital Partnering

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/digital-partnering-ocds-h6vhtk-028aa9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust: "Digital Partnering". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-royal-wolverhampton-nhs-trust-nhs-rl4)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Miscellaneous health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG39
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £4,200,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-028aa9`

## 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-partnering-ocds-h6vhtk-028aa9#tl-md)

## Description
Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT) entering into a Population Based Collaboration Agreement (Agreement) with Babylon Partners Limited (Babylon) to develop and deliver innovative digital systems and joint care services focussing on proactive interventions and prevention, managing chronic conditions more effectively and intensively supporting service users admitted to hospital. Initial term for the Agreement: 5 years; extendable for further 5 years with breaks in years 8 and 9. Max duration 10 years. Intention of parties is to develop systems which deliver savings to RWT. Financial modelling assumes Babylon invests at its own risk; if projected savings generated, will be shared between RWT and Babylon through Gain/Loss Share Agreement. Modelling only able to be undertaken over first 5 years of Agreement;  if successful (and extended) it is anticipated that a similar level of savings (and therefore cost to RWT) will be incurred over the extended period of the Agreement.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** RWT sought to enter into some form of longer term partnering arrangement as a means to develop digital service delivery solutions to its population. After market research RWT began discussions with Babylon, identifying it as the only provider of thes...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Digital Partnering (active)
  - Award id: `000851-2021-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Babylon Partners Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-1822`
  - Value: £4,200,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Digital Partnering (active)
  - Signed Value: £4,200,000
  - Signed Date: 14/01/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F000875-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-01-15T13:34:35.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T08:00:59.517Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-028aa9