PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

CPT_25_14 Digital Capability Service x2

National Audit Office · published 24 Mar 2025. 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 IDcb69f90c-3e58-446d-9d21-1de1936da7db-835674
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-11481891-3b5f-4845-b8ec-2f89a481f4d0
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sBN45ywB
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
£430,000
award field
Tender value
£430,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
79600000
Recruitment services
Delivery
United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The National Audit Office direct awarded a contract to the SmartSourcing Ltd through Lot 3 - IT Professionals of the Crown Commercial Services Non-Clinical Staffing Framework. The supplier will be delivering a Digital capability service that addresses capability gaps within NAO Digital Services as well as providing an advisory service. The contract will commence on Tuesday 1st April 2025 running for an initial period of 2 years to Wednesday 31st March 2027 with the option to further extend for a period of up to 12 months to Friday 31st March 2028.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release24 Mar 2025
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published28 Feb 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2028
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 24 Mar 2025 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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