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# Managed Service Provider Contract

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/managed-service-provider-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-054f38). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** BORDER TO COAST PENSIONS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED: "Managed Service Provider Contract". Published status: complete. Published Value: £7,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [BORDER TO COAST PENSIONS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/border-to-coast-pensions-partnership-limited-GB-COH-10795539)
- **Published Value:** £7,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 6 October 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Computer equipment and supplies, IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Networking, Internet and intranet software package, Software package and information systems
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £7,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 9 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/managed-service-provider-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-054f38#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-054f38`

## 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/managed-service-provider-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-054f38#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FLogin%2FIndex%3FReturnUrl%3D%2FLogin%2FLogoutConfirmation)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/managed-service-provider-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-054f38#participate

## Description
Border to Coast intends to appoint a partner organisation to support core capabilities necessary to manage its existing infrastructure and achieve its future ICT objectives. This includes the oversight of the existing infrastructure and provision of corporate ICT solutions to enable Border to Coast to operate its core business using latest technologies deployed in a modern and flexible environment. The ICT Managed Service will manage and oversee the cloud based collaborative platform to allow Border to Coast to manage and deliver its investment portfolio effectively and securely. This will include hardware, infrastructure, communications, service support, cyber and data resilience capabilities. Border to Coast currently operates on a single site with circa. 180 users, and has adopted standard Microsoft 365 solutions, with additional Business Central (Finance), CRM and
Data modules deployed across the business.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 30200000, 48000000, 48200000, 72000000

- **Estimated Value:** £7,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 16/05/2026 to 16/05/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (3)
- **Award:** 3 (pending)

  - Supplier(s): **KOCHO GROUP LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PNRZ-4887-GTLT`
  - Value: £7,000,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 08/02/2026

- **Award:** Managed Service Provider Contract (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **KOCHO GROUP LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PNRZ-4887-GTLT`
  - Value: £7,000,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 17/12/2025

- **Award:** Goods (pending)
  - Award id: `2`
  - Supplier(s): **KOCHO GROUP LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PNRZ-4887-GTLT`
  - Value: £7,000,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 17/12/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Managed Service Provide Contract (active)
  - Signed Value: £7,000,000
  - Signed Date: 14/05/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F056704-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-09T13:52:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T12:03:56.895Z
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