PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

IBM License Subscription and Support 2026

NHS Business Services Authority · published 8 May 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.

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Contracts Finder release ID87fb777e-ef53-493a-8b64-9ebb5bc4aede-896365

Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-1947f97f-43b1-4154-81ae-0670b6ab17fc

Buyer identifierGB-CFS-300543

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: £174,899
Tender value: £750,000
Procurement method: Call-off from a framework agreement
Category: services
CPV: 48000000
Delivery: Not stated

PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Provision of IBM Licenses and Support

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.

01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release8 May 2026
02Tender period endsTender-period field as published12 Mar 2026
03Contract startsContract-period field as published19 Mar 2026
04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2026

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

Softcat Plc

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

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

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