PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

IT Testing Solution

National Audit Office · published 5 Oct 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 ID4aecaffe-3c42-4e2e-bf7b-2dd89b21f6c9-916495
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-04a08c37-3b52-4ffe-8545-b71c4bd9dd18
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sBN45ywB
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£480,000
award field
Tender value
£480,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
72222300
Information technology services
Delivery
United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The National Audit Office (NAO) has awarded an IT Testing Solution contract to Phoenix Software Limited through the HealthTrust Europe ICT Solutions Framework. The solution will provide automated testing capabilities across the NAO's digital estate, supporting improved test coverage, accessibility testing, quality assurance and continuous testing. The contract will commence on Wednesday 30th September 2026 running for an initial period of 3 years to Saturday 29th September 2029 with the option to further extend for a 2 periods of up to 12 months to Monday 29th September 2031. The contract value is £480,000 inclusive of VAT over the 5 years contract duration.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release5 Oct 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published29 Sept 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published1 Jul 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published29 Sept 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published29 Sept 2031
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 5 Oct 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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