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HSJ Membership 2025-2027

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust

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19 Aug 2026 at 11:19

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust procured a subscription service providing membership of Health Service Journal (HSJ), the news and research service for healthcare leaders in the NHS. The service covers publicly funded healthcare across health policy, acute and primary care, specialist services, mental health, commissioning and service provision. It provides news, analysis, best-practice information and advice for NHS leadership and management. The requirement is classified as a subscription service. Delivery covers Kent and Medway in England, including the areas represented by the Maidstone-based trust. This is a service contract rather than a works or physical goods opportunity, and is relevant to publishers, professional information providers and organisations supplying specialist healthcare intelligence to NHS bodies.

The procurement is complete and was awarded through a below-threshold direct award without competition. HSJ Information Ltd was selected as the supplier for the single completed lot. The award is active and the contract was signed on 26 March 2025, with a contract period from 26 March 2025 to 31 March 2027. The contract value is £11,033 excluding VAT, or £13,239.60 including VAT. The requirement was evaluated through the direct-award route rather than a competitive tender. The recorded award concerns HSJ membership and subscription services for Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. The contract remains active within the stated period, following the completed procurement and supplier selection.

This award demonstrates demand from an NHS mental health trust for a specialist healthcare information subscription serving healthcare leaders. Suppliers seeking comparable future work would need to provide authoritative, regularly updated news and research on publicly funded healthcare, with coverage broad enough to include policy, acute and primary care, specialist services, mental health, commissioning and provision. Credibility would depend on the quality and relevance of analysis, best-practice information and practical advice for NHS decision-makers, rather than on general media publishing alone. Established healthcare publishers, research providers and information businesses with a recognised NHS audience are best placed to compete. The requirement also indicates that a supplier must support organisational membership or subscription access for NHS users across Kent and Medway.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

HSJ Membership 2025-2027

Notice Description

Membership of Health Service Journal (HSJ). This is the news and research service for healthcare leaders in the NHS. This journal covers all aspects of publicly funded healthcare from health policy to acute and primary care, specialist services to mental health and commissioning to provision, and provide news, analysis, best practice information and advice

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e74f
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078877-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79980000 - Subscription services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£11,033 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
19 Aug 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
26 Mar 20251 years ago
Contract Period
26 Mar 2025 - 31 Mar 2027 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
MAIDSTONE
Postcode
ME16 9PH
Postcode Area
Rochester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ4 Kent
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ45 Mid Kent
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Maidstone
Electoral Ward
Barming Heath & Teston
Westminster Constituency
Maidstone and Malling

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

HSJ Information Ltd

Further Information

Notice Documents

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