PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Innovate UK Salesforce Licencing

UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · published 8 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 IDbb4566a7-84d7-4a8d-842e-ff1fe7b85341-916898
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-add36937-809d-4433-b80a-0a82a501e681
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/dXGP288m
Release typeawardUpdate
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£6,190,885
award field
Tender value
£9,500,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
goods
CPV
48000000
Software package and information systems
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 had a requirement for the provision of Salesforce Licencing. This has been sourced via a Mini Competition under the NHS DWS Framework agreement and awarded to Softcat PLC. ***This requirement has had a variation for additional services. By amending this Call-Off Contract this will bring the total value of this Call-Off Contract to £4,269,038.23 excluding VAT.*** ***This requirement has had a variation for additional services. By amending this Call-Off Contract this will bring the total value of this Call-Off Contract to £4,302,898.14 excluding VAT.*** ***This requirement has had a variation for additional services. By amending this Call-Off Contract this will bring the total value of this Call-Off Contract to £4,303,950.78 excluding VAT.*** The first optional 12-months extension has been exercised at the total value of £1,886,934.40 excluding VAT. As per Contract Variation 010 the new contract value is £6,190,885.18 excluding VAT.

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 release8 Oct 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published1 Nov 2023
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published11 Sept 2023End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published1 Nov 2023
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Oct 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 8 Oct 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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