Provision of Sage support and maintenance and contract and related services

Official notice

Authority: Royal Berkshire Fire Authority (Police & fire)

Below threshold - without competition

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: South East (UKJ11)

Awarded value£91,207published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 24 Feb 2026no call for competition

Awarded to Datel Group Plc

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Authority has a requirement for support and maintenance of its current finance system, Sage 1000, for an additional two years to allow enough time to procure and implement a new accounting system.

While Sage 1000 will come to its end of life in 2029, Sage will cease to provide updates to the system after December 2024. After this date, system maintenance will only be provided by our support and maintenance provider, Datel.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: South East

79211000 Accounting services

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: 11 Mar 2026, 16:39 GMT
Last source update: 11 Mar 2026, 16:39 GMT
Authority reference: 1316 Rev 3
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-021995
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: South East (UKJ11)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0667a6 Find a Tender

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Contract details notice published
11 Mar 2026, 16:39 GMT
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £91,2071 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 24 Feb 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Datel Group Plc	£91,207 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Provision of Sage support and maintenance and contract and related services · Datel Group Plc
Signed
24 Feb 2026
Value
£91,207
Period
1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2027
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Royal Berkshire Fire Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PGTB-9133-ZLDZ Newsham Court, Reading, South East, RG31 7SDContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Datel Group PlcAwarded supplier Cinnamon Park, Fearnhead, Cheshire,, Warrington,, North West, WA2 0XPContact 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 Tender11 Mar 2026, 16:39 GMT