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title: "Health Language LexScape Software Licences 2025"
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# Health Language LexScape Software Licences 2025

Buyer: NHS ENGLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-94ebcdcc-c1e3-4d66-8885-4afb3bc01d2d

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## Summary

This procurement process involves NHS England seeking to re-procure Health Language LexScape Software Licences operating in the IT software development services category. NHS England, acting as the buying organisation, aims to maintain and distribute UK OPCS-4 procedure statistical classification for the Department of Health and Social Care. The process progressed from the tender stage to award, with a tender end date set on 9th July 2025, and a contract commencing from 10th July 2025 to 9th July 2028. The contract, awarded to Akhter Computers Limited, is valued at £508,826.32. The procurement was conducted using a selective method through a call-off from a framework agreement, suitable for SMEs.

This tender presents substantial opportunities for businesses involved in IT software development, particularly those specialising in healthcare data solutions. Companies equipped to deliver sophisticated software platforms facilitating large scale medical data analyses can potentially benefit from this procurement. The contract, designed to update and enhance the OPCS-4 classification system, supports healthcare management and hospital reimbursement. SMEs with relevant expertise stand well-suited to compete for such contracts due to the focus on tailoring solutions for national healthcare analytics, exemplified by the successful bid of Akhter Computers Limited.

## Notice

Re-procurement of Health Language software licences & support. NHS England develops, maintains, distributes and licences the UK OPCS-4 procedure statistical classification as the UK national release centre on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). OPCS-4 is used by NHS front line organisations to classify hospital interventions and surgical procedures into alphanumeric codes. The coded data is designed to support and assist in the management of healthcare services at a local level and enable informed analysis of medical data at a large scale for national trends it also provides the underpinning data for hospital reimbursement NHS England licenses the authoring platform so the classifications team can undertake authoring, maintenance and release of the national OPCS-4 codes. The team are part way through the latest 3yr lifecycle for the authoring of the categories and subcategories to deliver the latest release of OPCS-4 that enable statistical presentation for data comparability and hospital reimbursement.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/37c563e2-f21f-4042-9a59-abfc9557b110 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Not specified |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Dec 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 9 Jul 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 21 Nov 2025 |
| Contract period | 9 Jul 2025 - 9 Jul 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £305,295 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £508,826 |
| 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 | NHS ENGLAND |
| Locality | LEEDS |
| Post town | Leeds |
| Postcode | LS1 4AP |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds |
| Local authority | Leeds |
| Electoral ward | Hunslet & Riverside |
| Westminster constituency | Leeds South |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | AKHTER COMPUTERS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72212517 - IT software development services

## Release History

- 2 Dec 2025 at 13:54 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/37c563e2-f21f-4042-9a59-abfc9557b110

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/37c563e2-f21f-4042-9a59-abfc9557b110
  2nd December 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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