Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- HM Revenue & Customs · National or federal agency/office
- Supplier
- Fujitsu Services Limited
- Value
- £61,250,958
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Computer-related services (CPV 72500000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 034865-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Jun 2025
- Published24 Jun 2025Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
The Authority has a requirement for a bridging contract to ensure continuity of essential services as we migrate to new arrangements. HMRC has awarded a 3-year contract to Fujitsu Services Ltd to provide hosting and associated services for the CESA application utilising Fujitsu's proprietary Modern VME Environment. The CESA application administers the collection of Income Tax for all taxpayers under Self-Assessment. As CESA is Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), HMRC requires the secure and uninterrupted delivery of support to the application and considers the award of the new contract to be the only option for ensuring delivery of CESA until the migration to new arrangements. A programme has been set up to migrate the CESA application before this contract expires.
About the supplier
Fujitsu Services Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00096056).