PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

NHS England Secure Boundary Services

NHS England · published 10 Apr 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID069dad2f-6b35-4b28-ac70-23fb8cab5289-892349
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-6d02ff3f-4d6a-4c41-94e2-4b00fa7e9702
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-242962
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£56,000,000
award field
Tender value
£56,000,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
72000000
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery
Not stated
LS1 4AP
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

A managed Secure Boundary services edge (SSE) capability to protect Health and Social Care Organisations network traffic at the point of break out of a trusted location. This will bi-directionally secure access to the web, cloud services and private applications regardless of location or device.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release10 Apr 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published8 Aug 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published29 Mar 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published29 Mar 2033
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

Published name only

IBM UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 10 Apr 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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