Official UK procurement notice
Core Banking, Payment, Reporting and Business-to-Business Services
Authority: NS&I (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA new agreement for extended provision of the Business Process Outsourcing Agreement originally established between NS&I and Atos dated 20 May 2013 (as amended and restated) until March 2028 (with a 12-month extension for continuity if required), to provide for the transformation of the Core Banking platform and associated technologies, and for the continued provision of the Government Payment Services (B2B) services, on an as-is basis, in accordance with the terms of the Business Process Outsourcing Agreement.
CPV: Banking and investment services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1A new agreement for extended provision of the Business Process Outsourcing Agreement…Awarded
A new agreement for extended provision of the Business Process Outsourcing Agreement originally established between NS&I and Atos dated 20 May 2013 (as amended and restated) until March 2028 (with a 12-month extension for continuity if required), to provide for the transformation of the Core Banking platform and associated technologies, and for the continued provision of the Government Payment Services (B2B) services, on an as-is basis, in accordance with the terms of the Business Process Outsourcing Agreement.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- 24 Jan 2025, 15:41 GMT
- Last source update
- 24 Jan 2025, 15:41 GMT
- Authority reference
24-X-01- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-002584- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d633Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
Competition is absent for technical reasons. As the incumbent service provider Atos and its key sub-contractor(s) are the providers of the existing NS&I Core Banking platforms, which rely on interdependent leveraged technology and resources. The process of dis-aggregating these at the same time as building and deploying a new Core Banking instance would be sufficiently complex that it can only be practicably carried out by Atos IT Services UK without very significant disruption to NS&I customers.
It is to be noted that the contract award is of relatively short duration, so that the services, once dis-aggregated and upgraded, can be taken back to market and re-procured. NS&I intends to publish a Planned Procurement Notice in due course, in this regard.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atos IT Services UK Limited | £474,380,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 002584-2025-1 · Atos IT Services UK Limited
- Signed
- 23 Dec 2024
- Value
- £474,380,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Atos IT Services UK LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.