Official UK procurement notice
HPE Support 2025 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: NHS England (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRenewal of bespoke support for HPE Hardware / MS APS platform currently provided by ACS Technologies. Contract is required to ensure continued bespoke support provision for a further year whilst the system hosted on the hardware/platform is migrated to Cloud and then the hardware decommissioned.
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
- 14 May 2025, 16:03 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jun 2026, 14:06 BST
- Authority reference
C355556- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-054316- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051386Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Bespoke support service required for HPE hardware hosting Microsoft APS platform. Hardware is to be decommissioned in 2025/26 as the system will be migrated to cloud service provider. It is justified under Section 41 (1) (a) and paragraph 6 (b) of Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 on the basis that there are no reasonable alternatives for the provision of this service.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
27 May 2025 → 9 Jun 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends27 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published139 days ago9 Jun 2026, 14:06 BST
Notice history
6 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 May 2025- Transparency notice published14 May 2025, 16:03 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published15 May 2025, 15:36 BSTUK6
- Contract details notice published23 May 2025, 08:47 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected27 May 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract termination notice published9 Jun 2026, 14:05 BSTUK11
- Contract termination notice published9 Jun 2026, 14:06 BSTUK11
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-05: 2 releases · 14 May 2025, 15 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACS Technology Group Ltd28 May 2025 – 13 May 2026 | £155,937 | 13 May 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
HPE Support 2025 · ACS Technology Group Ltd
- Signed
- 21 May 2025
- Value
- £155,937
- Period
- 22 May 2025 – 13 May 2026
- Status
- terminated, Contract Expired.
- Final value
- £155,937
- Termination
- contractCompleted
- Change Further detail added to reason for termination (expiry)
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Acs Technology Group LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract termination notice Contract termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract termination notice Contract termination notice on Find a Tender
- 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