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Microsoft Azure Hosting

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 05:17.

Opportunity overview

This is an agreement for the provision of Microsoft Azure Hosting Services.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Computacenter

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Contract value
£6.1m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
30 Jun 2025
Award ID
037036-2025-1
Status
active
Location
Edinburgh, UK, EH12 9DQ, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Lots

  • This is an agreement for the provision of Microsoft Azure Hosting Services. This is an essential service that provides Digital healthcare systems nationally, for example HEPMA, CHI, NIP. Within NSS, Azure is used to host the Nationally Accessed Cloud based system, which is in use across NHS Scotland. This is a renewal of our agreement with Microsoft to host these and other systems within the Azure Cloud.Value not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
NP600325
Status
complete
Review Details
Economic operators should approach the contracting authority in the first instance. However, the only formal remedy is to apply to the courts: An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
Procurement Method
limited
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
Call off contract from the Scottish Government Software Value Added Reseller Services Framework.

Covered By

GPA

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
72000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Description
This is an agreement for the provision of Microsoft Azure Hosting Services. This is an essential service that provides Digital healthcare systems nationally, for example HEPMA, CHI, NIP. Within NSS, Azure is used to host the Nationally Accessed Cloud based system, which is in use across NHS Scotland. This is a renewal of our agreement with Microsoft to host these and other systems within the Azure Cloud.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKM

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-115937
Name
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS)

Roles

buyer
centralPurchasingBody

Address

Region
UKM
Locality
Edinburgh
Postal Code
EH12 9EB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
1 South Gyle Crescent

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Id
07
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Health

Identifier

Legal Name
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS)

Contact

Name
Ruaridh Armitage
Telephone
+44 1312756000
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-54766
Name
Computacenter

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Edinburgh
Postal Code
EH12 9DQ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Haston House, 2 Redheughs Rigg,, South Gyle

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Legal Name
Computacenter

Contact

Telephone
+44 1313172373
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-404
Name
Edinburgh Sheriff Court

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Edinburgh
Postal Code
EH1 1LB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
27 Chambers Street

Identifier

Legal Name
Edinburgh Sheriff Court

Award information

Award 1
Id
037036-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-54766
Name
Computacenter

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
037036-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
037036-2025-1
Date Signed
1 Jul 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
6,105,243
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Edinburgh · UKM · EH12 9EB · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKM

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05581f-2025-07-03T10:49:04+01:00compiled ·