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Digital Health & Care Wales

Library Linking Tool

Value£145k
Deadline
Published9 Mar 2026
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
Stacey Jones
Stacey.Jones10@wales.nhs.uk
+442920502108

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

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The brief

Digital Health and Care Wales (“DHCW”) has awarded a contract for the provision of a market‑ready Library Linking Tool to support NHS Wales staff in accessing licensed and subscribed electronic knowledge resources.

The solution enables seamless linking from publisher platforms and other online environments to full‑text content available through the NHS Wales e‑Library, supporting evidence‑based decision‑making across NHS Wales.

The contract covers the supply, implementation, support, maintenance, training and ongoing development of a Library Linking Tool for All Wales use.

The solution supports OpenURL linking, OpenAthens and IP authentication, accessibility compliance (WCAG 2.2), Welsh language provision, national deployment across NHS Wales devices, and integration with existing NHS Wales library systems.

The procurement was conducted using the Open Procedure in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Digital Health and Care Wales (“DHCW”) has

Digital Health and Care Wales (“DHCW”) has awarded a contract for the provision of a market‑ready Library Linking Tool to support NHS Wales staff in accessing licensed and subscribed electronic knowledge resources.

02

The contract covers the supply, implementation, support

The contract covers the supply, implementation, support, maintenance, training and ongoing development of a Library Linking Tool for All Wales use.

03

The solution supports OpenURL linking, OpenAthens

The solution supports OpenURL linking, OpenAthens and IP authentication, accessibility compliance (WCAG 2.2), Welsh language provision, national deployment across NHS Wales devices, and integration with existing NHS Wales library systems.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06046d
Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
021023-2026
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