West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has appointed Atos to provide IT support under a contract worth up to £40 million.
The notice for the IT outsourcing contract says it is set to run for an initial five years – having begun in November last year – with a value of £20 million but Atos has indicated it could run for another five and double the maximum value.
The company said it will initially provide service desk, infrastructure, network and hosting services for the trust, and there is potential to broaden to digital and other services.
This follows an earlier contract between the two agreed in 2019.
Matthew Coast, chief executive officer of West Hertfordshire Hospitals, said: “Following the significant IT improvements we have successfully achieved together, this contract with Atos will focus on the technical transformation we require in order to continue to evolve services for our patients.”
