Pura Commercial & Contract Radar

IT Operations Centre

UNKNOWN

What happened?

Award notice from NHS England. Relevance is supported by notice evidence.

Facts

{
  "award_values": [
    {
      "amount": 10500000,
      "currency": "GBP"
    }
  ],
  "buyer": "NHS England",
  "buyer_reference": "CF-3742600D0O000000rwimUAA",
  "contact_email": "nhsdigital.dcfh@nhs.net",
  "contact_name": "Commercial NHS England",
  "contact_restrictions": [],
  "contacts": [
    {
      "email": "nhsdigital.dcfh@nhs.net",
      "name": "Commercial NHS England",
      "organisation": "NHS England"
    }
  ],
  "contract_terms": [
    {
      "endDate": "2030-12-31T23:59:59Z",
      "startDate": "2027-01-01T00:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "cpv": [
    {
      "description": "IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support",
      "id": "72000000",
      "scheme": "CPV"
    }
  ],
  "currency": "GBP",
  "days_to_deadline": -126,
  "deadline": "2026-07-01T12:00:00+01:00",
  "deadline_conflict": false,
  "deadline_kind": "TENDER",
  "deadline_narrative": "",
  "deadline_structured": "2026-07-01T12:00:00+01:00",
  "deadline_time_unpublished": false,
  "demo_evidence": [],
  "direct_contact_evidence": [],
  "engagement_route": "",
  "estimated_value": 10500000,
  "expansion_scope": "Complete official OCDS release; linked restricted documents require separate verification.",
  "extensions": [],
  "fully_expanded": true,
  "geographic_scope": [
    [
      {
        "postalCode": "LS1 4AP"
      },
      {
        "countryName": "United Kingdom"
      }
    ]
  ],
  "hidden_opportunity": true,
  "historical_engagement_evidence": "",
  "incumbent_evidence": [],
  "linked_documents": [],
  "lot_count": 0,
  "lot_scope": [],
  "meeting_evidence": [],
  "notice_type": "AWARD",
  "procurement_method": "Call-off from a framework agreement",
  "procurement_status": "complete",
  "publication_date": "2026-10-26T15:18:41Z",
  "published_corrections": [],
  "published_notice_types": [],
  "published_requirement": "his contract will provide support, continual enhancement, observability and monitoring capabilities for The IT Operations Centre (ITOC). ITOC supports the delivery of key NHSE outcomes related to Live Services, Build, Delivery, analysis, development, Digital Onboarding Services, Strategic Operational Services Design and New commissioning Work Implementation, underpinning the stability and reliability of NHS national digital services.",
  "questionnaire_evidence": [],
  "reference": "aeffdeec-a83a-42cb-87fd-08aa2d92acf7-919195",
  "registration_evidence": [],
  "relevance_evidence": {
    "SOFTWARE_DELIVERY": [
      "software development"
    ]
  },
  "requirement_items": "",
  "selection_requirements": [],
  "sme_suitability": [
    {
      "sme": true,
      "vcse": false
    }
  ],
  "submission_method": "UNKNOWN",
  "value_excluding_vat": null,
  "value_including_vat": null,
  "value_minimum": 6300000,
  "value_scope": "TOTAL_NOTICE_NOT_PURA_ADDRESSABLE",
  "vat_basis": "VAT basis not explicit in release"
}

Commercial inferences

[
  {
    "basis": {
      "SOFTWARE_DELIVERY": [
        "software development"
      ]
    },
    "type": "HIDDEN_ADDRESSABLE_ELEMENT"
  }
]

Unknowns

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Possible services

[
  {
    "confidence": "MEDIUM",
    "rationale": "software development",
    "service": "SOFTWARE_DELIVERY"
  }
]

Provenance

{
  "licence": "http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "ocid": "ocds-b5fd17-e780baf5-a211-4ca2-a85a-9925bd8fd863",
  "release_id": "aeffdeec-a83a-42cb-87fd-08aa2d92acf7-919195"
}

Related signals

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Canonical source