Microsoft Unified Support · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Central government)

Below threshold - without competition

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Delivery location not published

Awarded value£44,571published award · exc. VAT

Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition

Award (standstill) to Microsoft Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Support for NICE's Microsoft environment, incl.

*Our day to day work and communication tools are with Microsoft

*NICE Advice CRM utilises Microsoft

*Many of our dashboards utilise Microsoft Fabric/Power BI

*Our London data centre has been moved into Microsoft Azure platform

*The planning tools replacement solution is likely to utilise Microsoft products

*The project online replacement solution is likely to utilise Microsoft products

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Below threshold - without competition
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: 9 Apr 2026, 14:09 BST
Last source update: 9 Apr 2026, 14:09 BST
Authority reference: C433933
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-032434
Latest notice: Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-067f15 Find a Tender

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 9 Apr 2026

Transparency notice published
9 Apr 2026, 14:09 BST
UK5
Contract signature expected
9 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1some still in standstill

Awarded value £44,5711 award exc. VAT

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Microsoft Ltd9 Apr 2026 – 31 May 2027	£44,571	—	Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PHZT-4273-LJQD 3rd Floor, 3 Piccadilly Place, Manchester, North West, M1 3BNContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Microsoft LimitedAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PGYN-4242-JRRY Microsoft Campus, Thames Valley Park, Reading, South East, RG6 1WGContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender9 Apr 2026, 14:09 BST