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
- Cabinet Office · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Value
- £22,918,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Business services · Business and management consultancy and related services (CPV 79400000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 093552-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Oct 2026
- Published2 Oct 2026Published the same day
Description
The Cabinet Office intends to enter into an extension of up to 18 months to its Call-Off Contract held with Shared Services Connected Limited (SSCL) under the ISSC2 Framework. The contract provides essential shared back-office services across central government operations. The scope of services includes: -Core HR and business process services -Payroll processing for departmental employees -Financial administration and accounting operations -Technology and infrastructure support for the Single Operating Platform (SOP). The underlying Call-Off Contract was awarded in 2013 following a competitive procurement procedure published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). A competitive re-procurement exercise has been conducted for replacement services under the cross-government Matrix Programme cluster (on behalf of participating central government departments, including the Cabinet Office). Due to significant delays in system implementation from the legacy Single Operating Pla…
About the supplier
Shared Services Connected Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08460577).