Official UK procurement notice
Regulatory IT Platform Delivery Partner
Authority: Care Quality Commission (Central government)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Published estimate£33,333,333≈ £11m / year · £40,000,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Award in standstill 16 Jul 2026
Award (standstill) to Hitachi Solutions Europe Ltd
Contract term 3 yrsends 14 Jun 2029 · starts 15 Jun 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionManaged services partner to provide capacity and capability augmentation across multiple disciplines and technologies for its business-critical regulatory IT systems.
CPV: System and support services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- Call-off under a framework
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 May 2025, 16:59 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Jul 2026, 14:38 BST
- Authority reference
CQC ID 134- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-072777- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050bcaFind a Tender
Related procedures1
- Call-off under framework Technology Services 4
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
1 May 2025 → 12 Aug 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published1 May 2025, 16:59 BST
- Next notice expected390 days ago1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts134 days ago15 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published87 days ago31 Jul 2026, 14:38 BST
- Standstill ends75 days ago12 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
9 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 May 2025- Pipeline notice published1 May 2025, 16:59 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published10 Jun 2025, 10:01 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published12 Sept 2025, 11:17 BSTUK1
- Published value updated to £33,333,33312 Sept 2025, 11:17 BSTwas £10,000,000
- Pipeline notice published22 Dec 2025, 16:25 GMTUK1
- Procurement method changed22 Dec 2025, 16:25 GMT
- Contract award notice published31 Jul 2026, 14:38 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete31 Jul 2026, 14:38 BST
- Contract signature expected31 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Published amendments (3)
Notice now includes a revised title, updated description and planned sourcing route options.
Notice now includes: updated Planned sourcing route; revised Total value (estimated); Contract dates (estimated); and Publication date of tender notice (estimated)
Notice now includes Procedure type; updated Planned sourcing route and revised Contract dates (estimated).
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-06: 1 release · 10 Jun 2025
- 2025-05: 1 release · 1 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £43,333,3331 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitachi Solutions Europe Ltd14 Sept 2026 – 13 Sept 2029 | £43,333,333 | 16 Jul 2026standstill to 12 Aug 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- HITACHI SOLUTIONS EUROPE LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender