# COVID Electronic Prescriptions Service \(EPS\)

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [NHS England](/buyers/nhs-england/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: EMIS - Egton Medical Information Systems Limited
- Award value: £300,000
- Tender value: £300,000
- Award date: 5 April 2020
- Published: 8 September 2020
- Contract start: 6 April 2020
- Contract end: 5 April 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 07e2ec99-01d5-4ad2-840d-9b6a0012b1b1-380072
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9499bbc3-5fa5-4c2f-af2e-1b2c5be26fb4

## Description

This will provide the ability for additional settings in primary care to send digital prescriptions via the electronic prescriptions service including GP Virtual/Access hubs, Walk in centres, PCNs, Urgent and Emergency care settings for EMIS systems in use\. This is critical to support remote working during COVID otherwise patients would have to collect paper prescriptions

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/07e2ec99-01d5-4ad2-840d-9b6a0012b1b1-380072)