Official UK procurement notice
Hosting and Managed Services
Authority: Southampton City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is to move the software to a hosted/managed delivery model where the provider will complete upgrades / maintenance and hosting of the system. This is provided directly by IDOX.
RM6259 Vertical Application Solutions
Lot 3: Housing, Environmental and Planning Solutions
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Housing, Environmental and Planning SolutionsAwarded
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
- 2 Jul 2025, 12:45 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Jul 2025, 12:45 BST
- Authority reference
SCC-SMS-0934- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036774- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055786Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This procurement was conducted as a direct award under the Crown Commercial Services framework (RM6259 Lot 3: Housing, Environmental and Planning Solutions). A direct award was selected on the basis that the hosting services are provided exclusively by the incumbent supplier and cannot be sourced from an alternative provider, thereby constituting a sole supplier arrangement.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDOX SOFTWARE LTD | £338,793 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 036774-2025-1 · IDOX SOFTWARE LTD
- Signed
- 27 Jun 2025
- Value
- £338,793
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Procurement Review BodyReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- IDOX SOFTWARE LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.