Provision of National Discovery Service Solution for NHS England by EBSCO International Inc.

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Health Education England awarded a contract to EBSCO International Inc.

for the provision of a National Discovery Service Solution for the NHS in England.

The solution aims to provide healthcare staff and learners with a coherent gateway to trusted library and knowledge services, connecting them to quality resources, services, and support.

Key goals include increasing use of high-quality NHS-funded and curated knowledge and evidence resources, ensuring a consistent and positive experience for accessing knowledge and evidence resources and library support, and reducing complexity, inequity, and costs associated with maintaining multiple local and legacy resource discovery and management systems.

The contract period is five years, subject to annual budget review and KPI gateways, with a total value of £864,000 (approximately AUD 864,000).