# Layered Open Architecture

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [NHS England](/buyers/nhs-england/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [ERNST & YOUNG LLP](/contract-winners/ernst-young/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £190,990
- Tender value: £199,488
- Award date: 20 January 2022
- Published: 20 January 2022
- Contract start: 1 January 2022
- Contract end: 30 April 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: b8e26796-eaa5-4aae-b4e7-586b3fbd422d-502877
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-61be26d4-4757-4701-9cab-9782f5768abd

## Description

support to initiate a discovery exercise in relation to electronic patient record systems in England to support proposals for an open data model and architecture that enables federated and integrated care for systems and citizens\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b8e26796-eaa5-4aae-b4e7-586b3fbd422d-502877)