LONDON, Jan. 30,
2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) announced
today the company has been contracted for cyber security work by
NHS Supply Chain, which supports excellence in patient care across
England and Wales by ensuring access to high-quality,
cost-effective medical products, services and food. During the
initial three-year contract, Leidos will work to enhance the
organisation's cyber security posture to help it continue to
source, deliver and supply vital healthcare goods to the NHS in
England and Wales.
"Leidos brings extensive experience in delivering trusted cyber
solutions. With decades of cyber experience and a global workforce
skilled in this domain, our team utilises advanced capabilities to
counter threats and secure what matters most," said Eric Freeman, Chief Executive, Leidos UK &
Europe. "We are committed to
adding value to NHS Supply Chain and supporting its essential work
in delivering excellent patient care."
As part of the work, Leidos will provide 24/7 cyber threat
monitoring while also working to enhance assurance standards
through collaboration and continuous improvement. These will
help deliver a resilient and sustainable cyber security service
that supports uninterrupted performance and safeguards from
potential threats. This contract builds on NHS Supply Chain's
growing efforts to defend their networks from cyber-attacks as part
of its IT transformation, which will build services to meet future
technological needs, including supporting interactions with
customers and suppliers.
Matt Wynn, Executive Director for
Data and Technology at NHS Supply Chain, said: "Our collaboration
with Leidos demonstrates our intent to continue to drive forward an
improved cyber security posture. Ensuring robust, proactive
security and vulnerability management is crucial for safeguarding
the wider business against external threats. As well as being
incredibly experienced in this business-critical field, Leidos has
a deep understanding of the types of environments we will be
working in where multiple collaborators work seamlessly together as
a single, unified technology team."
Media enquiries:
Vicki Cordon
+44 7855 862 834
Vicki.Cordon@uk.leidos.com
Brandon Ver Velde
+1 (571) 526-6257
brandon.p.vervelde@leidos.com
About Leidos
Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government
and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and
mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 48,000 global
employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately
$15.4 billion for the fiscal year
ended December 29, 2023. For more
information, visit www.leidos.com.
Certain statements in this announcement constitute
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the rules and
regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
These statements are based on management's current beliefs and
expectations and are subject to significant risks and
uncertainties. These statements are not guarantees of future
results or occurrences. A number of factors could cause our actual
results, performance, achievements, or industry results to be
different from the results, performance, or achievements expressed
or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors
include, but are not limited to, the "Risk Factors" set forth in
Leidos' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 29, 2023, and other such
filings that Leidos makes with the SEC from time to time. Readers
are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Leidos does not
undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect the
impact of circumstances or events that arise after the date the
forward-looking statements were made.
About NHS Supply Chain
At NHS Supply Chain we are committed to enabling the NHS to
deliver safe and excellent patient care. Part of the NHS family, we
manage the sourcing, delivery and supply of healthcare products,
services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations
across England and Wales.
We leverage the collective buying power of the NHS to drive
savings and provide a standardised range of clinically assured
quality products at the best value. We manage more than 8 million
orders per year across more than 129,000 order points and over
16,000 locations. We deliver over 35 million lines of picked goods
to the NHS annually and our systems consolidate orders from over
1100 suppliers. This enables us to bring value to our NHS partners,
helping them save time and money in removing duplication of
overlapping contracts.
Supply Chain Coordination Ltd (SCCL) is the company at the heart
of NHS Supply Chain. It provides oversight and operational
management for NHS Supply Chain and its service providers. SCCL is
the legal entity through which NHS Supply Chain undertakes its
procurement services and transacts with customers and suppliers.
Whilst its shares are owned by NHS England, SCCL is a separate
organisation.
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