Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Work day Implementation Partner
Authority: Intellectual Property Office (Central government)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Framework ceiling (notional)£3,000,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Award in standstill 9 Oct 2026
Award (standstill) to Cognizant Worldwide Ltd
Framework period 3 yrs 3 moends 1 Feb 2030 · up to 1 Nov 2032 with extensions · starts 2 Nov 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWorkday Implementation Partner - Corporate Systems.
CPV: Software programming and consultancy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 3 yrs 3 mo · up to 6 yrs from 2 Nov 2026
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewal
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
What this means for your bid
- “Provision of Work day Implementation Partner” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award under framework
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Feb 2026, 09:28 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Oct 2026, 13:09 BST
- Authority reference
C4236- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096063- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0614f9Find a Tender
Related procedures1
- Call-off under framework Technology Services 4
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
3 Feb 2026 → 2 Nov 2026 · 6 dates- Planning notice published259 days ago3 Feb 2026, 09:28 GMT
- Market engagement237 days ago24 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
The IPO is embarking on a strategic transformation to modernise our Human Capital Management (HCM), Payroll and Finance operations by implementing Workday, a unified cloud-based platform. This initiative addresses critical challenges posed by the current environment of multiple aging, legacy systems that operate in silos, lack integration, and require extensive manual intervention
- Next notice expected110 days ago1 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published8 days ago12 Oct 2026, 13:09 BST
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Standstill endsin 2 days21 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract startsin 13 days2 Nov 2026
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Feb 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published3 Feb 2026, 09:28 GMTUK2
- Contract award notice published12 Oct 2026, 13:09 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete12 Oct 2026, 13:09 BST
- Procurement method changed12 Oct 2026, 13:09 BST
- Contract signature expected22 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cognizant Worldwide Ltd22 Oct 2026 – 21 Oct 2028 · up to 21 Oct 2029Extensions: 1X 12 MONTHS | £1,398,431 | 9 Oct 2026standstill to 21 Oct 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Cognizant Worldwide LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender