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# vFire Maintenance and Support

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/vfire-maintenance-and-support-ocds-h6vhtk-031df8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Business Services Organisation I T S: "vFire Maintenance and Support". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Business Services Organisation I T S](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/business-services-organisation-i-t-s-GB-FTS-126010)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £486,796 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-031df8`

## 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/vfire-maintenance-and-support-ocds-h6vhtk-031df8#tl-md)

## Description
Alemba are the Global owner of the vFire product. Alemba have worked with HSC since 2007 and have an in-depth knowledge of HSC requirements and where necessary have adapted the product to meet service needs in order to ensure ISO20000 audit compliance and guarantee that the product is aligned to ITIL IT Service Management (ITSM) industry best practice. Alemba is hosted on HSCNI dedicated Servers offering HSCNI more control over the environment and the data contained within the software product.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Description:** Alemba are the Global owner of the vFire product. Alemba have worked with HSC since 2007 and have an in-depth knowledge of HSC requirements and where necessary have adapted the product to meet service needs in order to ensure ISO20000 audit complianc...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** vFire Maintenance and Support (active)
  - Award id: `005983-2022-STA10152-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Alemba**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-157922`
  - Value: £486,796 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** vFire Maintenance and Support (active)
  - Signed Value: £486,796
  - Signed Date: 09/02/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F005983-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-03-04T09:47:01.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T23:19:21.985Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-031df8