# 10044 - LINK 3 IT and Hardware and Services

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: NHS Shared Business Services Ltd \(NHS SBS\)
- Contract winner: [Academia Limited](/contract-winners/academia/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £1,000,000,000
- Tender value: £1,000,000,000
- Award date: 1 March 2021
- Published: 22 March 2021
- Contract start: 1 March 2021
- Contract end: 28 February 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 949f7e97-baa1-4ee5-91db-90525c3205b7-422143
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6b809469-5d09-4c5d-902d-e4398e5a3df0

## Description

NHS Shared Business Services and the North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative are tendering for the provision of ICT hardware and services to support NHS and wider public sector organisations\. The Link 3: IT Hardware and Services Framework Agreement provides a transparent and very competitive buying vehicle for all core IT commodity hardware category areas, delivered for the NHS and the wider public sector\. This includes consumer-oriented Digital Workplace devices such as Desktops, Laptops, Tablets, Mobile phones, Printers/Scanners and Healthcare IT \(including Workstations, Medical Carts etc\.\)\. It also enables various buying models including Salary Sacrifice, Leasing and Device as a Service\. NHS SBS will use the phrase 'Digital Workplace : Hardware' in marketing materials to refer to the Framework Agreement\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/949f7e97-baa1-4ee5-91db-90525c3205b7-422143)