Official UK procurement notice
PICTS Contract 1: Service Desk and End User Support
Authority: Sellafield Limited (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Framework ceiling (notional)Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Awarded 4 Jul 2025no call for competition
Framework period 2 yrsends 2 Sept 2027 · starts 3 Sept 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of I.C.T Service Desk and End User Support Services
CPV: Information technology services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 8 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
- Framework period
- 2 yrs from 3 Sept 2025
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
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Jul 2025, 11:38 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Jul 2025, 08:35 BST
- Authority reference
C11311- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-039103- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0558f2Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This procurement was conducted under the CCS Tech Services 3 framework agreement.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- —
Timeline
11 Jul 2025 → 3 Sept 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published11 Jul 2025, 08:35 BST
- Contract starts3 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated11 Jul 2025, 08:35 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastSuppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 8
Contracts signed 2latest 4 Jul 2025
2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 037363-2025-1
- Signed
- 4 Jul 2025
- Value
- £48,720
- Period
- … – 2 Sept 2027
- Status
- active
Contract 039103-2025-C26357-1
- Signed
- 4 Jul 2025
- Value
- £13,000,000
- Period
- 3 Sept 2025 – 2 Sept 2027
- Status
- active
- Change Earlier notice showed an incorrect Total value of the contract/lot: £48,720. It also showed Atos, in error, as an SME., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: An error in setting up the Supplier Awarded data in Atamis pulled through incorrect data into the published F03 notice.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts Of JusticeReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
2 commercial parties on the notice- Atos IT Services UK LimitedFramework contractor
- Atos IT Services UK LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.