Official UK procurement notice
Pensions software · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Police And Crime Commissioner For Durham (Police & fire)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPensions software for administering Police Pensions
Date Awarded 31/03/2025
Contract start date 16/03/2025
Contract end date 15/03/2030
CPV: IT software package
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Agreement is amended in order that the Licensee may grant a sublicence to XPS…Awarded
Agreement is amended in order that the Licensee may grant a sublicence to XPS Administration Limited (the "Sub-Licensee") which the Customer has engaged to provide backlog processing services (the "Services") on a temporary basis.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- 2 Oct 2025, 13:36 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Oct 2026, 16:05 BST
- Authority reference
ICT 168- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-100138- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a6ceFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Due to the ongoing complexity of the implementation of the McCloud Remedy Legislation, it is the considered view of the Contracting Authority that there is no alternative option other than to continue to contract with the incumbent supplier at this time.
It should be noted that the incumbent software supplier is not party to any accessible national framework. As a result, the Contracting Authority can only proceed on the basis of a Single Tender Action (STA) on the grounds of skill/experience, cost of change and legislative obligation.
Publisher note: Pensions software for administering Police Pensions
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated22 Oct 2026, 16:05 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heywood Ltd | £463,015 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Heywood Ltd | £478,753 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Pensions Software · Heywood Ltd
- Signed
- 31 Mar 2025
- Value
- £463,015
- Status
- active
Contract 100138-2026-ICT 168-1 · Heywood Ltd
- Signed
- 31 Mar 2025
- Value
- £478,753
- Status
- active
- Change Allow third party access to supplier system for a duration of 6 months., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: To assist with the backlog of pensions calculations.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Aquila HeywoodAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.