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title: "PAHT - Bench Marking Software (Dr Foster)"
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buyer: "The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust"
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# PAHT - Bench Marking Software (Dr Foster)

Buyer: The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-947f6f1e-2a82-4ea6-82b0-f1ede940f2a5

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## Summary

Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust procured a cloud-based software licence for Dr Foster, a benchmarking and analytics tool. The system is intended to benchmark and analyse performance across a range of clinical quality and efficiency indicators. This is a software-related service and the main procurement category is goods. The buying organisation is Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, based in Welwyn Garden City, England. Delivery is across the United Kingdom. The requirement is therefore relevant to software publishers, technology providers and resellers able to supply cloud analytics products for healthcare organisations, particularly tools that support comparative performance analysis, clinical quality measurement and operational efficiency review. It concerns licensing an established digital product rather than bespoke construction, consultancy or general IT support.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded. It used a selective procedure as a call-off from the LLP Digital Technology Solutions Framework. The tender submission deadline was 27 April 2026 at 12:00. The contract was awarded on 18 May 2026 to INSIGHT DIRECT (UK) LTD for £50,000. The contract period runs from 25 May 2026 to 24 May 2027. The procurement was treated as a single requirement, with no separate lots identified. The award is active. The published information describes the required software and its benchmarking purpose, but does not set out an evaluation weighting or separate quality and price scoring basis. The route is consequently significant for suppliers able to participate through the relevant framework agreement.

This award demonstrates a defined NHS requirement for licensed cloud software that compares healthcare performance using clinical quality and efficiency indicators. Suppliers well placed for a future requirement would need a mature benchmarking and analytics platform, reliable cloud delivery, software licensing arrangements and the ability to present meaningful comparative performance data to an NHS trust. Experience working with healthcare data, clinical quality measures and operational efficiency analysis would strengthen credibility, as would evidence that the product can support sustained organisational use rather than a one-off report. The previous supplier was a large business, while the requirement was not identified as suitable for SMEs or voluntary, community and social enterprises. Framework access and proven public-sector technology delivery would also be important.

## Notice

Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust award for Software licence for a bench marking and analytics tool that is cloud based to benchmark and analyse performance across a range of clinical quality and efficiency indicators via LLP Digital Technology Solutions Framework.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4822b91d-12d3-4822-a01f-90a3c1f39164 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 3 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 18 May 2026 |
| Contract period | 25 May 2026 - 24 May 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £50,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £50,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust |
| Locality | WELWYN GARDEN CITY |
| Postcode area | St Albans |
| Postcode | AL8 6NS |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLH26 North and East Hertfordshire |
| Local authority | Welwyn Hatfield |
| Electoral ward | Handside |
| Westminster constituency | Welwyn Hatfield |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Insight Direct (UK) Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 72260000 - Software-related services

## Release History

- 3 Sep 2026 at 11:42 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4822b91d-12d3-4822-a01f-90a3c1f39164

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4822b91d-12d3-4822-a01f-90a3c1f39164
  3rd September 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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