Find a TenderAwarded without competition

Published 19 Jan 2026, 10:13 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Tableau License Renewal · UK public procurement notice

Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Scotland (UKM)

Awarded value£398,003published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 12 Dec 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Tableau

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Maintenance and support of Tableau developer and user licenses from the Software Value Added Reseller (S-VAR) framework. The maintenance agreement is against perpetual licenses and provides for ongoing version releases of the Tableau software, security and software patches, platform health checks and reviews, and platform support.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1The Tableau platforms provides for 249 developers across NSS and PHS, and for a…Awarded

The Tableau platforms provides for 249 developers across NSS and PHS, and for a minimum of 8000 users of dashboards and

visualisations from across NHS Scotland, Scottish Government and other public sector agencies. Tableau is part of the Seer platform, and the full platform and running costs for the platform were included in the financial case for the Seer

2.0 Business Case. Tableau provides dashboarding and data visualisation products such as the Scottish Vaccination Hub, Finance BI platform, and PHS’s flagship Discovery analytical product.

This call-off against the Software Value Added Reseller (S-VAR) framework via Computacenter for the renewal of the ongoing maintenance and support of Tableau developer and user licenses provides for ongoing version releases of the Tableau software, security and software patches, platform health checks and reviews, and platform support. Additional information: Call off from the Software Value Added Reseller (S-VAR) framework with Computacentre.

Delivery: Scotland

72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

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: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 19 Jan 2026, 10:13 GMT
Last source update: 19 Jan 2026, 10:13 GMT
Authority reference: NP501625F
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-004212
Classification (CPV): IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-060862 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: This call-off against the Software Value Added Reseller (S-VAR) framework via Computacenter for the renewal of the ongoing maintenance and support of Tableau developer and user licenses provides for ongoing version releases of the Tableau software, security and software patches, platform health checks and reviews, and platform support.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:820956)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £398,0031 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 11 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 12 Dec 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Tableau	£398,003 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 004212-2026-NP501625F-1 · Tableau
Signed
12 Dec 2025
Value
£398,003
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 0 electronic	1	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS)

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth 1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH12 9EBContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Edinburgh Sheriff Court HouseReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

TableauAwarded supplier Blue Fin Building, 110 Southwark Street, London, UK, SE1 0SU

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.