Official UK procurement notice
Microsoft Unified Support · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The Start-Up Loans Company (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMicrosoft 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 publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0785e0Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published12 Oct 2026, 15:52 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- MICROSOFT LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender