PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

GSS24291 - IT Service Manager

How to read contract values: notice stages, dates and worked examples

UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · published 20 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 ID5cec8dfa-82d4-498b-9b17-1ab51b60a951-917796
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-2ce729f8-f4db-43e2-ad12-0eeea8560c77
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/dXGP288m
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
£233,454
award field
Tender value
£233,454
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
79620000
Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
Delivery
Not stated
SN2 1FL
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

***Please note this is an award notice, not a call for competition*** UK Research and Innovation have a requirement to bring in a IT Service Manager. This has been sourced via direct award against CCS RM6277 Non Clinical Staffing. Original Contract - 01/04/2024 to 31/03/2025 Variation 001 - 01/04/2025 to 30/06/2025 Variation 002 - 01/07/2024 - 30/09/2025 Variation 003 - 01/10/2025 to 31/03/2026 Variation 004 - 01/04/2026 to 30/09/2026 Variation 005 - 01/10/2026 - 31/03/2027

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.

Source-date conflictAt least one reported end date precedes its corresponding start date. Check the official notice before using the schedule.
  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release20 Oct 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published11 Apr 2024
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published1 Apr 2024End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published11 Apr 2024
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2027
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.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 20 Oct 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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