AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Department for Business and Trade awarded a call-off for ServiceNow licences and/or modules across its estate to SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC. The published award value is £4,000,000.
Published outcomeOne active award was published to SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC on 9 October 2026, with an award date of 22 September 2026.
Market significanceA £4.0m public-sector software licensing call-off, covering a three-year published contract period.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC
99% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-883252f2-07f8-4d6c-8a5e-5b1d9cbdbe9e-1 · 4000000 GBP · active
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Verified company identity by GB-COH company number 01428210; named as the sole supplier on the active £4,000,000 award.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
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Process notice type and award document description.
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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Award ocds-b5fd17-883252f2-07f8-4d6c-8a5e-5b1d9cbdbe9e-1 is marked "active".
Award date
98% confidence22 September 2026
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Award date: 2026-09-22T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract period
98% confidence9 October 2026 to 8 October 2029
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Published award and tender contractPeriod dates.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published award value
99% confidence£4,000,000
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The award value is GBP 4,000,000.
Value allocation
95% confidenceAward-level value allocated to the sole named supplier
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The single award names one supplier, SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC, and states a value of £4,000,000.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender submission deadline
98% confidence9 September 2026, 15:00 BST
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Tender period endDate: 2026-09-09T15:00:00+01:00.
Award date
98% confidence22 September 2026
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Award date: 2026-09-22T00:00:00+01:00.
Award notice publication
99% confidence9 October 2026, 13:00 BST
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Award notice datePublished: 2026-10-09T13:00:23+01:00.
Published contract start
98% confidence9 October 2026
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Contract period startDate: 2026-10-09T00:00:00+01:00.
Published contract end
98% confidence8 October 2029
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Contract period endDate: 2029-10-08T23:59:59+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceSupply of ServiceNow licences and/or modules for deployment across the department's estate
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Published tender description.
Main category
99% confidenceGoods
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mainProcurementCategory is "goods".
Primary classification
99% confidenceCPV 48218000 — License management software package
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Published primary CPV classification.
Delivery area
90% confidenceLondon
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Delivery addresses list London and postal code SW1A 2EG.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceSelective
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Published procurementMethod is "selective".
Route to market
99% confidenceCall-off from a framework agreement
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Published procurementMethodDetails.
Competition information
99% confidenceNumber of tenders and evaluation outcomes unknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Published term
97% confidenceThree years
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Published period runs from 9 October 2026 to 8 October 2029.
Extension or renewal options
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
Contract execution
97% confidenceA published active award and contract period are recorded; signature or execution evidence is not supplied.
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The source provides award status and contractPeriod but no signed-contract record.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial model
98% confidenceFramework call-off for ServiceNow licensing and/or modules
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The published description concerns ServiceNow licences/modules and the method details state a framework call-off.
Market signal
91% confidenceThe award indicates a planned multi-year licensing requirement across the buyer's estate.
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Published scope and three-year contract period.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceVerified
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The supplier was matched by GB-COH company number 01428210; verified legal name is SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC.
Lot detail
99% confidenceNo lots published
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No lot records or award lot identifiers were supplied.
Commercial detail availability
99% confidencePricing breakdown, licence volumes, module list, framework name, tender count, evaluation and award rationale were not supplied.
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Information not supplied in the published notice: framework agreement name, licence quantities, specific ServiceNow modules, pricing structure, tender count, bidder identities, evaluation scores and award rationale.
- No lot structure or individual lot allocation was published.
- The source records an active award and contract dates but does not provide signed-contract or execution evidence.
- Extension, renewal and variation provisions are not published; the October 2029 re-procurement horizon is an estimate based only on the stated end date.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Department for Business and TradeSPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLCServiceNow licencesServiceNow modulessoftware licensingframework call-offpublic procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Department for Business and Trade ServiceNow licences contract?
SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC was named as the sole supplier on the published active award.
What is the value of the ServiceNow licences award?
The published award value is £4,000,000.
When does the published contract period run?
The published period runs from 9 October 2026 to 8 October 2029.
How was the requirement procured?
The notice describes a selective call-off from a framework agreement.
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