PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Connecting to EMDIS and WMDA Match-Connect (License, Support and Maintenance)

NHS Blood and Transplant · published 17 Aug 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 IDbc91c0c5-bada-48f8-b25a-e4909ef051ec-911028
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-78a7bb83-a585-4046-b7ea-bcd1378a8fa5
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-178351
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
£569,476
award field
Tender value
£284,738
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
72261000
Software support services
Delivery
Not stated
BS34 7QH
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Provision of license, ongoing support and maintenance for the connecting to EMDIS platforms, covering support for transition to WMDA Match-Connect, incident resolution, system updates/patching, technical assistance, and service continuity to ensure safe, reliable day-to-day operation.

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 release17 Aug 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published12 Jun 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published21 May 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published12 Jun 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published12 Jun 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.

Published name only

Softcat plc

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 17 Aug 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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