Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Care Quality Commission · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Circle Interactive Ltd SME
- Value
- £40,000
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Sector
- IT services · Computer-related services (CPV 72500000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
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- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Mar 2026
- Published8 Apr 2026Published 14 days after the contract date
Description
This is a Contract Award Notice. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) on behalf of the Healthwatch England (HWE) require the HWE Digital System Infrastructure i.e. hosting, maintenance, support and development to be maintained. This procurement was undertaken through the CCS G Cloud 14 Framework Agreement (RM1557.14), Lot 3 Cloud Support, following the Direct Award process. The Contract is awarded for an initial period of 12 months with an option to extend for up to 12 months. Total Awarded Value is maximum of all charges including all optional contract extensions. Contract Reference: CQC HWE 025
About the supplier
Circle Interactive Ltd: every public contract they have won.