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Published 12 Oct 2026, 15:52 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Microsoft Unified Support · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: The Start-Up Loans Company (Central government)

Below threshold - without competition
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£105,336published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 9 Oct 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Microsoft Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Microsoft Unified Support to provide specialist Microsoft product support across the Bank's IT infrastructure and cloud estate.

Service to provide direct access to Microsoft expertise, strengthen support for business-critical infrastructure and cloud services, and help ensure continued resilience, security and operational stability across the Bank's Microsoft environment.

Direct award to Microsoft Limited:

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition due to the services can only be provided by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons as Microsoft Unified Support is only available from Microsoft directly.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - without competition
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
12 Oct 2026, 15:52 BST
Last source update
12 Oct 2026, 15:52 BST
Authority reference
C2759
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096214
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0785e0 Find a Tender

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Contract details notice published
    12 Oct 2026, 15:52 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £105,3361 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Oct 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Microsoft Ltd——Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · Microsoft Ltd

    Signed
    9 Oct 2026
    Value
    £105,336
    Period
    13 Oct 2026 – 12 Oct 2027
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

BRITISH BUSINESS BANK PLC

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-COH: 08616013 · GB-PPON: PGTM-8337-GYXM Steel City House, Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber, S1 2GQContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • MICROSOFT LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 01624297GB-PPON: PGYN-4242-JRRY Microsoft Campus, Reading, South East, RG6 1WGContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender