Official UK procurement notice
Finance system support, maintenance and hosting services
Authority: Natural History Museum (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupport, maintenance, hosting and data storage services for the contracting authority’s existing finance system and associated modules.
The services relate to a business critical system currently in operational use.
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- 6 Jan 2026, 16:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Jan 2026, 16:05 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-000791- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060056Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
The conditions in Schedule 5, paragraph 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 are met.
The supplier holds intellectual property and other exclusive rights in relation to the existing finance system, meaning only that supplier can provide the required support, maintenance and hosting services.
There are no reasonable alternatives to these services without replacement of the existing system.
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 6 Jan 2026- Transparency notice published6 Jan 2026, 16:05 GMTUK5
- Contract signature expected19 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access UK Ltd20 Jan 2026 – 19 Jan 2029Options: Additional licences, storage or consultancy costs | £400,000 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Access UK LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender