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Published 12 Dec 2025, 14:55 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Automated Certificate Management Solution

Official 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 competition
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Scotland (UKM)
Awarded value£86,129published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 9 Dec 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Computacenter

What is being bought

Published requirement description

To help the DaS Directorate manage the number of certificates owned/used.

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

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1NSS, along with many other businesses, utilise SSL/TLS certificates in order that…Awarded

NSS, along with many other businesses, utilise SSL/TLS certificates in order that users may establish and confirm the identity of our websites over the Internet or private networks; ultimately securing network communications.

The governing body for certificate-based communication is the Certificate Authority/Browser Forum (CA/B Forum). It brings together representatives from certificate-issuing authorities, major web browser providers, and software developers. The forum includes key industry leaders such as Google and Apple.

In April this year, The CA/B Forum officially voted to amend the TLS Baseline Requirements and initiate a process of certificate lifetime shortening, as per the following:

  • As of March 15, 2026, the maximum lifetime for a TLS certificate will be 200 days.
  • As of March 15, 2027, the maximum lifetime for a TLS certificate will be 100 days.
  • As of March 15, 2029, the maximum lifetime for a TLS certificate will be 47 days.

As a result of which, given the number of certificates we own/use (more than 250) it will no longer be practical to continue to renew these manually, as per our current process.

To help manage this situation, an SBAR has been approved by DaS Directorate to progress with the purchase of a cloud hosted automated certificate management solution

Delivery: Scotland

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
12 Dec 2025, 14:55 GMT
Last source update
12 Dec 2025, 14:55 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-082561
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f504 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

Call off contract from the Scottish Government Software Value Added Reseller Services Framework.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Economic operators should approach the contracting authority in the first instance. However, the only formal remedy is to apply to the courts:

An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:818444)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £86,1291 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Dec 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Computacenter£86,129 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 082561-2025-1 · Computacenter

    Signed
    9 Dec 2025
    Value
    £86,129
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad0——

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 CourtReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • ComputacenterAwarded supplier Haston House, 2 Redheughs Rigg,, South Gyle, Edinburgh, UK, EH12 9DQContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.