Official UK procurement notice
Finance & Accounting and Purchase to Pay System
Authority: Somerset NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionIntegrated Finance & Accounting and Purchase to Pay system that connects finance and procurement in one secure platform.
The authority intends to directly award a contract to the incumbent P2P supplier for additional repeat services necessary to maintain continuity of the existing Purchase to Pay platform.
The value of the contract has been updated to full two year value (previous notice stated one year in error) and inclusion of InStream which was previously a separate contract with the same supplier.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Mar 2026, 17:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 30 Jun 2026, 11:16 BST
- Authority reference
IT441- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-061122- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06603aFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
The authority intends to directly award a contract to the incumbent P2P supplier for additional repeat services necessary to maintain continuity of the existing Purchase to Pay platform.
A procurement process for the future P2P solution is currently being planned and will proceed once internal capacity allows. This is likely to be within the next 6-8 months.
This direct award is strictly time‑limited, proportionate, and designed solely to ensure the uninterrupted functioning of essential financial operations pending the re-procurement process.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
12 Mar 2026 → 30 Jun 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends229 days ago12 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published119 days ago30 Jun 2026, 11:16 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Mar 2026- Transparency notice published2 Mar 2026, 17:16 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published3 Mar 2026, 08:41 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected16 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published30 Jun 2026, 11:16 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Integrated Business Software and Solutions Limited1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2028 | £299,890 | 3 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Integrated Business Software and Solutions Limited
- Signed
- 30 Jun 2026
- Value
- £742,731
- Period
- 1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2028
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: KPIs do not need to be disclosed due to contract value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- INTEGRATED BUSINESS SOFTWARE AND SOLUTIONS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender