Official UK procurement notice
Secure Off-site Storage of Records and Records Management Services
Authority: Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of continued secure off-site records storage and associated records management services, including the retrieval, delivery, collection, return and re-filing of records, to support the Trust's ongoing operational and records management requirements.
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Sept 2026, 15:04 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Sept 2026, 15:27 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-090678- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0779b8Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Northern Health and Social Care Trust records are currently held and managed by Iron Mountain UK PLC. A Direct Award Contract (DAC) was approved in 2022 as an interim measure pending the establishment of a new NI Regional Health and Social Care Trusts framework, which was anticipated to be in place by August 2025.
The implementation of the new regional framework, managed by BSO PaLS, has been delayed and, consequently, an interim contractual arrangement remains necessary. Moving the Trust's existing records to an alternative provider for the intervening period would incur significant costs and would be operationally time prohibitive.
Renewal of the DAC with Iron Mountain UK PLC is therefore required to maintain continuity of service and avoid disproportionate costs and operational disruption while awaiting the outcome and implementation of the new regional framework. Iron Mountain UK PLC has advised that it intends to participate in the procurement exercise for the new framework.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
24 Sept 2026 → 6 Oct 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published34 days ago24 Sept 2026, 15:27 BST
- Standstill ends21 days ago6 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Sept 2026- Transparency notice published24 Sept 2026, 15:04 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published24 Sept 2026, 15:27 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected24 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Mountain (UK) PLC1 Dec 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 | £220,000 | 24 Sept 2026standstill to 6 Oct 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- IRON MOUNTAIN (UK) PLCFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender