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The NHS is among the public sector organisations that will be supplied with energy by EDF Energy following an intensive procurement process.
The Government Procurement Service ran the tender process, which has resulted in EDF winning the contract to supply energy and electricity to the NHS as well as the Ministry of Defence, the Metropolitan Police, London Underground and the Highways Agency amongst others.
The contract will run for four years starting from April 2012, and start with the supply of 30TWh
of electricity. This volume could increase signifi cantly as additional public sector bodies join the uptake and is higher than any previous electrical supply contract in the UK.
Chief Executive of EDF Energy, Vincent de Rivaz announced: “EDF Energy will be powering a vast range of public buildings across England and Wales, from inner city academies to some of the UK’s most treasured museums, from central Government departments to major hospitals.”
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The NHS in Scotland has entered into a framework agreement with audiology system provider Audit- data Ltd.
The framework agreement is based on the requirements of NHS Lanarkshire, but other Scot- tish health boards with similar re- quirements will be able to access the contract as well.
Strathclyde Hospital is the fi rst to call a contract off the framework agreement with Auditdata, whose head offi ce is based in Denmark,
and has purchased a 40-user li- cence for the AuditBase System.
Auditdata CEO Bak Petersen said: “We are of course extremely delighted about the framework agreement we have worked out with NHS Scotland. The agree- ment facilitates an easier route for us to connect with all hospitals in NHS Scotland and in return, a lot of the research concerning Au- ditBase System has been carried out for Scottish audiology clinics looking to purchase a new offi ce management system.”
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