PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

715904525 GCA RM6259 VAS: Parliamentary and FOI Case Management System

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

Ministry of Defence · 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 IDb4f28817-7c35-4d7c-ae4d-9930a823c0d1-918471
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-5406995c-9cf7-41a9-a21c-ad8dceb333ef
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-339338
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
£1,265,508
award field
Tender value
£1,265,508
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
72268000
Software supply services
Delivery
Not stated
SW1A 2HB
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

As a Central Government Department, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has a series of data processing and information obligations to fulfil in respect of Parliamentary business, Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and Data Protection legislation. The Department relies upon use of a case management system to support compliance with statutory obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR, together with ministerial accountability requirements and wider transparency commitments. The Contract Award Notice is being published in accordance with transparency requirements and relates to a direct award under framework RM6259 Vertical Application Solutions.

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 published29 Sept 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published29 Sept 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published29 Sept 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published29 Sept 2028
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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