PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Healthwatch England Digital Systems 2026_2028

Care Quality Commission · published 8 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 ID3ad15bf4-2a10-40e3-9097-51ae1bd3b1ca-891947
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-ee019788-47b4-4b71-bb4c-5e9315bf5fe9
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-238199
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
£40,000
award field
Tender value
£40,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
72500000
Computer-related services
Delivery
Not stated
NE1 4PA
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

This is a Contract Award Notice. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) on behalf of the Healthwatch England (HWE) require the HWE Digital System Infrastructure i.e. hosting, maintenance, support and development to be maintained. This procurement was undertaken through the CCS G Cloud 14 Framework Agreement (RM1557.14), Lot 3 Cloud Support, following the Direct Award process. The Contract is awarded for an initial period of 12 months with an option to extend for up to 12 months. Total Awarded Value is maximum of all charges including all optional contract extensions. Contract Reference: CQC HWE 025

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release8 Apr 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published21 Jan 2026
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2028
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

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Published name only

Circle Interactive Ltd

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 8 Apr 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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