Official UK procurement notice
Password Management System · UK public procurement notice
Authority: NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHS & healthcare)
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Awarded value£72,2653 contracts · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Apr 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Softcat Plc3 awards
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProcurement of an on-prem or virtual-machine homed Password Manager application to support NHSCFA user and system password management, preferably with SSL key management functionality.
CPV: Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- Goods
- 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
- 8 Apr 2025, 11:35 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Apr 2025, 10:29 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-017856- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fe9dFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Based on the value of the contract and the NHS Counter Fraud Authority's, a quotation exercise was a compliant route to market.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 3
Awarded value £72,2653 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 3latest 1 Apr 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Softcat Plc | £12,395 † | — | Awarded |
| Softcat Plc | £47,475 † | — | Awarded |
| Softcat Plc | £12,395 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 013598-2025-1 · Softcat Plc
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £12,395
- Status
- active
Contract 017856-2025-Password Management System-1 · Softcat Plc
- Signed
- 31 Mar 2025
- Value
- £12,395
- Status
- active
- Change Correction to the contract start date. The correct date is 31 March 2025., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Correction to the contract start date. The correct date is 31 March 2025. This was an oversight.
Contract 017845-2025-Data Security and Protection System-1 · Softcat Plc
- Signed
- 8 Mar 2025
- Value
- £47,475
- Status
- active
- Change Amend to the contract start date. The contract start date was 08 March 2025., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: This was error was due to an oversight with the Contract Award.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Softcat PlcAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.