AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
HM Revenue & Customs awarded Salesforce UK Limited a contract for a SaaS customer relationship management platform and associated implementation professional services.
Published outcomeA single active award for lot 1 is recorded to Salesforce UK Limited. The contract record states it was signed on 30 September 2026 and starts on that date.
Market significanceThis is a £2.0bn net (£2.4bn gross) central-government CRM and related services contract with a 10-year initial term and optional extensions of up to five additional years.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
SALESFORCE UK LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £2,000,000,000 net; £2,400,000,000 gross GBP · Active award and contract
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Award 1 names SALESFORCE UK LIMITED as supplier for lot 1. The supplier is verified against Companies House number 05094083. Contract 1, linked to award 1, states the contract-level values.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Tender notice published
98% confidence27 May 2026
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Release history records a Tender notice on Find a Tender dated 2026-05-27.
Award announcement
98% confidence8 September 2026
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Award record gives award_date 2026-09-08; release history records a Contract award notice on that date.
Contract signed
99% confidence30 September 2026
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Contract 1 has dateSigned 2026-09-30 and includes a document described as “Fully Signed and Redacted Model Services Contract (MSC)”.
Contract start
99% confidence30 September 2026
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Contract period startDate is 2026-09-30.
Contract details notice published
99% confidence15 October 2026
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Contract document 097304-2026 is a Contract details notice with datePublished 2026-10-15.
Current recorded status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 and contract 1 are both marked active.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£2,000,000,000
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Contract 1 value.amount is 2000000000 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£2,400,000,000
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 2400000000 GBP.
Value allocation
98% confidenceContract-level value; no separate lot value published
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The contract is linked to award 1 and lot 1, while the published lot record has no value_amount.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Initial term
99% confidence30 September 2026 to 29 September 2036
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Contract period startDate is 2026-09-30 and endDate is 2036-09-29.
Maximum possible end date
99% confidence29 September 2041
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Contract period maxExtentDate is 2041-09-29.
Extension structure
99% confidenceTwo optional extensions: up to three years, then up to two years
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Contract renewal description states: “Two optional extensions; up to an additional three (3) years plus up to an additional two (2) years.”
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceSaaS CRM platform and associated professional services
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Tender description describes a Software as a Service CRM platform and professional services callable by HMRC for implementation support.
Core capabilities
98% confidenceMarketing and campaign management; customer and case management; interaction, channel and messaging management; AI; insights; reporting and intelligence; customer portal and app
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Tender description lists these as core capabilities, to be delivered on a first-party basis by the vendor.
Additional capabilities
98% confidenceIdentity, verification and authentication; secure digital exchange communications; fraud; data and integration management; operational, knowledge and non-compliance management
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Tender description lists these as additional capabilities, which may be delivered on a first- or third-party basis.
Service classification
99% confidenceSoftware package and information systems; IT consulting, software development, internet and support
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Award item classifications list CPV 48000000 and 72000000.
Delivery geography
98% confidenceUnited Kingdom
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Award item delivery address is region UK, country GB.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceOpen
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Tender procurementMethod is recorded as open.
Procedure detail
99% confidenceCompetitive flexible procedure
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Tender procurementMethodDetails is “Competitive flexible procedure”.
Lot structure
99% confidenceOne completed lot (lot 1)
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Tender data contains one lot, ID 1, with status complete; award 1 is related to lot 1.
Bidder count and evaluation results
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract status
99% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 status is active.
Renewal option
99% confidenceYes
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Contract hasRenewal is true.
Performance measures
98% confidenceMonthly uptime for applicable supplier services and Data Cloud; quarterly page-response-time reporting; annual supplier sustainability reporting
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Contract agreedMetrics lists Uptime (A), Uptime (B), Responsiveness and Social Value, with their observation frequencies.
Professional services arrangement
98% confidenceImplementation support may be called down by HMRC
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Tender description states the authority can call down professional services to support implementation.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial model
95% confidenceLong-term platform contract combining CRM software, optional related capabilities and callable implementation services
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The scope specifies a SaaS CRM platform, optional first- or third-party additional capabilities, and call-down professional services; the initial term is 10 years.
Supplier delivery constraint
99% confidenceCore capabilities must be provided on a first-party basis; additional capabilities may use first- or third-party provision
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Tender description expressly distinguishes the first-party requirement for core capabilities from the flexibility for additional capabilities.
Service oversight
98% confidencePublished metrics cover platform availability, Data Cloud availability, response times and annual sustainability reporting
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Contract agreedMetrics list these measures and reporting frequencies.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award and contract evidence
96% confidenceHigh quality
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The published data identifies one supplier, award, lot and linked active contract, and provides a signed-contract date, term, values and supporting contract document.
Supplier identity
99% confidenceVerified
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SALESFORCE UK LIMITED is matched by company number 05094083; supplier verification status is verified.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or separate value
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Lot 1 fields for title, description and value are null. Information not supplied in the published notice.
Competition and evaluation detail
99% confidenceNot published in supplied data
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No bidder count, scoring, pricing breakdown or award rationale is provided. Information not supplied in the published notice.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
- The published notice data does not provide bid counts, evaluation scores, award rationale, pricing breakdowns or savings information.
- The notice does not state dates for exercising the extension options; any extension decision timing is therefore only an estimate based on the explicit initial end date.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
HMRC Customer Relationship ManagementSalesforce UK LimitedHMRC CRM contractSaaS CRMUK public procurementFind a Tender
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the HMRC Customer Relationship Management contract?
SALESFORCE UK LIMITED, verified by Companies House number 05094083, is the sole supplier recorded for award 1 and lot 1.
What is the value of the HMRC CRM contract?
The contract value is £2.0bn excluding VAT and £2.4bn including VAT. These are contract-level values.
When does the HMRC CRM contract run?
The initial term runs from 30 September 2026 to 29 September 2036. Two optional extensions could take the maximum end date to 29 September 2041.
Was the HMRC CRM contract signed?
Yes. The contract record gives a signed date of 30 September 2026 and lists a fully signed and redacted Model Services Contract document.
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