PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Spine DevOps

NHS Digital · published 27 Feb 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 ID86d54169-6163-4c6a-ab9f-d64e571edb01-886359
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-aa2b16a1-0224-49ca-bcc5-d992f37be240
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-175824
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£22,500,000
award field
Tender value
£31,500,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
72230000
Custom software development services
Delivery
Not stated
LS1 4AP
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

This call-off contract is for the provision of run, maintain and development of the Spine Core Platform and ensure it is fully operative and available 24x7x365. Spine Core is a collection of national applications and services which act as a central integration point to facilitate the exchange of information between local and national IT systems. It supports the IT infrastructure for health and social care in England, joining together over 23,000 healthcare IT systems in 20,500 organisations. It holds 100TB of data and handles 10,000,000,000 messages a year. The Initial Contract Value is £18,000,000 (£22,500,000 including the optional extension period). VARIATION The value of this variation is £9,000,000. This variation is being made in accordance with Regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The scope of services provided under the contract remain the same, with the variation facilitating a continuation of support while a re-procurement and transition to a new agreement continues. The Total Contract Value is £31,500,000 and the Expiry Date has been extended to 31/12/2027

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release27 Feb 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published12 Apr 2021
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published7 Sept 2021
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Dec 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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Published name only

CGI IT UK Limited

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 27 Feb 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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