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title: "Application Maintenance and Support (AMS) Services"
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# Application Maintenance and Support (AMS) Services
Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/application-maintenance-and-support-ams-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0389ff). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.
> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Defra Network eTendering Portal): "Application Maintenance and Support (AMS) Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £290,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Jan 2023, 23:59 GMT. Published submission portal: defra-family.force.com.
## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Defra Network eTendering Portal)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-of-environment-food-and-rural-affairs-defra-netwo-GB-FTS-118855)
- **Published Value:** £290,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 January 2023 at 23:59 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £78,800,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/application-maintenance-and-support-ams-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0389ff#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0389ff`
## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:
- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.
- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.
[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/application-maintenance-and-support-ams-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0389ff#tl-md)
## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [defra-family.force.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdefra-family.force.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/application-maintenance-and-support-ams-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0389ff#participate
## Description
The outsourced Application and Maintenance Support Services (AMS) will provide the following to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra):
• Application Monitoring.
• Application Maintenance.
• Application Support.
The purpose of this notice is to announce the award of the contract, which commenced on the 14th of October 2024 for the new Applications Maintenance and Support Services (AMS) contract. Please refer to II.2.4.1 for further information.
## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKI
- **Estimated Value:** £290,000,000
- **Description:** The outsourced Application and Maintenance Support Services (AMS) will provide the following to Defra:
• Application Monitoring – collecting data from applications to measure their performance and availability. This data can then be used to ...
- **Contract Period:** 04/12/2023 to 03/12/2030
- **Options published:** yes
## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 036745-2024-1 (active)
- Supplier(s): **Accenture (UK) Limited**
- Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-186358`
- Value: £78,800,000 † (exc. VAT)
- **Award:** 036745-2024-2 (active)
- Supplier(s): **Accenture (UK) Limited**
- Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-186358`
- Value: £78,800,000 † (exc. VAT)
> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.
## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 036745-2024-1 (active)
- Signed Value: £78,800,000
- Signed Date: 13/10/2024
- **Contract:** 036745-2024-2 (active)
- Signed Value: £78,800,000
- Signed Date: 13/10/2024
## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F040297-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-12-13T14:52:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T11:07:43.895Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0389ff