# NHS England: NHSX Crowdsourcing platform to find solutions for operational challenges posed by the COVID-19 response

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: NHS Improvements
- Contract winner: CROWDICITY LIMITED
- Award value: £150,000
- Tender value: £150,000
- Award date: 1 July 2020
- Published: 29 September 2020
- Contract start: 1 July 2020
- Contract end: 31 December 2020
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: a37903b1-da4e-4ae2-bb2f-854571e5e9ce-384101
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-067be31d-589b-47e3-9e09-b0ec749b6426

## Description

Crowdsourcing support to find solutions for operational challenges posed by the COVID-19 response\. Expanding the use of crowdsourcing gives the NHS global access to expertise that would be difficult to identify in any other practical way\. From 1 April 2019, NHS England and NHS Improvement are working together as a new single organisation to better support the NHS to deliver improved care for patients\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a37903b1-da4e-4ae2-bb2f-854571e5e9ce-384101)