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# SSRO IT Managed Service (ITMS) and DefCARS contract

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ssro-it-managed-service-itms-and-defcars-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-0561e5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Single Source Regulations Office: "SSRO IT Managed Service (ITMS) and DefCARS contract". Published status: complete. Published Value: £5,166,666. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 29 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: delta-esoucing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Single Source Regulations Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/single-source-regulations-office-gov-pb1093)
- **Published Value:** £5,166,666 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 29 August 2025 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ssro-it-managed-service-itms-and-defcars-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-0561e5#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0561e5`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ssro-it-managed-service-itms-and-defcars-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-0561e5#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esoucing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdelta-esoucing.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ssro-it-managed-service-itms-and-defcars-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-0561e5#participate

## Description
This Invitation to Tender (ITT) is issued by the Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO). The SSRO is conducting this procurement exercise to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced supplier to be its Delivery Partner to provide its IT Managed Services (ITMS), and its Defence Contract Analysis and Reporting System (DefCARS) support and potentially future development of DefCARS.
ITMS 
The SSRO’s ITMS is cloud based and uses the Microsoft stack. Third parties are used for management, support, and development of the IT environment. The SSRO technology and systems estate includes the SSRO Microsoft environment which is based in UK data centres. Connectivity within our office is via Wi-Fi only, provided by the Government Property Agency through the GovWifi service. The GPA also provide a network printing service, GovPrint, connecting to a Xerox printer over GovWifi.
DefCARS
The SSRO has a contract for the provision of its DefCARS, which is a secure, online system for the capture, storage and analysis of all electronic data reported by defence contractors under the Defence Reform Act 2014. DefCARS is accessed by industry, the MOD and the SSRO.
To view this notice, please click here: 
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=967881259

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £5,166,666

- **Contract Period:** 12/01/2026 to 11/01/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (cancelled)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

  - Date: 12/10/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F041194-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-10-13T18:05:10.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T15:16:13.255Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0561e5