Official UK procurement notice
24/7 IT Service Desk · UK public procurement notice
Authority: London Borough of Redbridge (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis service will manage our 24/7 IT Service Desk and will provide significant improvement in performance such as calls answered in under 30 seconds, the percentage of calls lost and resolution of tickets. The benefits of the contract are: 1. 24/7 IT support services for our colleagues and customers 2. Reduced call drop rates for customers 3. Improved responsiveness to customer IT issues 4. A faster turnaround on incident and service requests 5. Reduced reputational damage due to the risks that come with a lack of Out of Hours support being provided to key customers 6. The ability to rapidly surge/scale support staff both up and down rapidly as business and environmental conditions demand 7. Reduced threat of effective cyberattacks due to 24/7 triaging of any security incidents flagged by our staff and customers 8. Improved business continuity through having our first line service desk activities geographically outsourced. The Service Commencement Date shall be 16th November 2026 for a period of 36 months via Direct Award Procedure utilising CCS, Technology Services 3 (TS3) RM6100.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Aug 2026, 17:41 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Aug 2026, 17:41 BST
- Authority reference
DN804956- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-078727- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e6f8Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The Service Commencement Date shall be 16th November 2026 for a period of 36 months via Direct Award Procedure utilising CCS, Technology Services 3 (TS3) RM6100.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGILISYS LIMITED | £777,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
24/7 IT Service Desk · AGILISYS LIMITED
- Signed
- 18 Aug 2026
- Value
- £777,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- AGILISYS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.