Digital Well being and Care Wales (DHCW) has up to date the licensing settlement for the usage of Microsoft merchandise within the nation’s well being service.
It has agreed on a contract for a framework settlement, valued at £450 million, with Microsoft options companion Trustmarque. No length has been said.
The award discover says the corporate will probably be required to supply licensing options in step with the Public Sector Digital Transformation Settlement that has been agreed with the Crown Business Service, or any subsequent Microsoft public sector settlement that’s beneficial to the authorities participating.
It includes providers together with the supply of a licence monitoring platform, recommendation on altering the licence combine, optimisation of the preparations to scale back prices, and dealing with DHCW on software program asset administration insurance policies – though not the direct administration.
Trustmarque has already been supplying Microsoft instruments for the Welsh well being service below a 2019 deal with DHCW’s successor organisation the NHS Wales Informatics Service.
DHCW additionally hosts a Microsoft 365 centre of excellence.
