Official UK procurement notice
Support & Maintenance of legacy Systems
Authority: NHS Litigation Authority (Central government)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£437,808published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 26 Nov 2025no call for competition
Award (standstill) to DORSET SOFTWARE SERVICES LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupport & Maintenance of legacy Case Management Systems
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
- 26 Nov 2025, 12:27 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Nov 2025, 13:52 GMT
- Authority reference
NHSR_450- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-077280- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e91fFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract—
(a)due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and
(b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
26 Nov 2025 → 8 Dec 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published335 days ago26 Nov 2025, 13:52 GMT
- Standstill ends322 days ago8 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Nov 2025- Transparency notice published26 Nov 2025, 12:27 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published26 Nov 2025, 13:52 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected9 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £437,8081 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| DORSET SOFTWARE SERVICES LIMITED9 Dec 2025 – 31 May 2026 · up to 30 Nov 2026Extensions: Up to 30/11/2026 | £437,808 | 26 Nov 2025standstill to 8 Dec 2025 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the noticeOfficial 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