Cancelled

Drug Knowledge Base for Electronic Health and Care Record

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · NHS and health

In brief

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has cancelled this procurement.

The notice does not state a value.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

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What the notice says

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust awarded a contract to First Data Bank (FDB)UK for the provision of FDB Multilex. Multilex is FDB UK's proprietary software which provides medicines optimisation and clinical decision support for medicines management for the purposes of embedding within the Healthset Programme for Epic electronic health and care record. FDB Multilex drug knowledge base is used in all UK Epic installations and is the only drug knowledge base product available with the core functionality required by encompass. The Authority is relying on egulation 32(2)(b)(ii) as the contract can only be supplied by FBD UK as competition is absent for technical reasons.

Who won

WinnerValueDates

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Transparency notice · UK5, notice 064467-2026
  2. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 064487-2026
  3. Procurement termination notice · UK12, notice 068480-2026

About the buyer

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From notice 064467-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 9 July 2026, last updated 21 July 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.