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Published 9 Jun 2026, 14:06 BST

Official UK procurement notice

HPE Support 2025 — UK public procurement notice

Authority: NHS England (Central government)

Direct awardSME suitable
Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value £155,937published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 13 May 2025no call for competition
Awarded to ACS TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Renewal of bespoke support for HPE Hardware / MS APS platform currently provided by ACS Technologies. Contract is required to ensure continued bespoke support provision for a further year whilst the system hosted on the hardware/platform is migrated to Cloud and then the hardware decommissioned.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1AwardedSME
Eligibility: SME eligible
50312610 Maintenance of information technology equipment

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
9 Jun 2026, 14:06 BST
Last source update
9 Jun 2026, 14:06 BST
Authority reference
C355556
Latest notice
Contract termination notice (UK11)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051386
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification
Bespoke support service required for HPE hardware hosting Microsoft APS platform. Hardware is to be decommissioned in 2025/26 as the system will be migrated to cloud service provider. It is justified under Section 41 (1) (a) and paragraph 6 (b) of Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 on the basis that there are no reasonable alternatives for the provision of this service.

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

2 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Standstill ends
    27 May 2025, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published104 days ago
    9 Jun 2026, 14:06 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £155,9371 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 21 May 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ACS TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTDSME28 May 2025 — 13 May 2026£155,93713 May 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • HPE Support 2025 · ACS TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTDSME

    Signed
    21 May 2025
    Value
    £155,937
    Period
    22 May 2025 — 13 May 2026
    Status
    terminated — Contract Expired.
    Final value
    £155,937
    Termination
    contractCompleted
    • Change Further detail added to reason for termination (expiry)

Notice history

9 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 May 2025
  1. Contract termination notice published
    9 Jun 2026, 14:06 BSTUK11
  2. Contract termination notice published
    9 Jun 2026, 14:05 BSTUK11
  3. Status changed
    9 Jun 2026, 14:05 BST
  4. Procurement method changed
    9 Jun 2026, 14:05 BST
  5. Buyer details updated
    9 Jun 2026, 14:05 BST
  6. Contract signature expected
    27 May 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
  7. Contract details notice published
    23 May 2025, 08:47 BSTUK7
  8. Contract award notice published
    15 May 2025, 15:36 BSTUK6
  9. Transparency notice published
    14 May 2025, 16:03 BSTUK5
Routine re-releases (5)
  • 2025-05: 2 releases · 14 May 2025 — 15 May 2025

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS England

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDPT-3135-BWWY Wellington House, 133-135 Waterloo Rd, London, London, SE1 8UG

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (6)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

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