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Finance system support, maintenance and hosting services

Natural History Museum · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 5 Oct 2026, 08:47.

Opportunity overview

Support, maintenance, hosting and data storage services for the contracting authority’s existing finance system and associated modules. The services relate to a business critical system currently in operational use. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=1004338804

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.

Access UK Ltd

Matched by number
Published award value
£400k
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 02343760
Location
Loughborough, UKF22, LE11 3QF, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

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
ocds-h6vhtk-060056
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
The conditions in Schedule 5, paragraph 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 are met. The supplier holds intellectual property and other exclusive rights in relation to the existing finance system, meaning only that supplier can provide the required support, maintenance and hosting services. There are no reasonable alternatives to these services without replacement of the existing system.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights
Entry 2
Id
additionalRepeatExtensionPartialReplacement

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Natural History Museum
Id
GB-PPON-PJBJ-4723-MZPX

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PJBJ-4723-MZPX

Address

Street Address
Cromwell Road
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW7 5BD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI33

Contact

Name
NHM Procurement

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
Access UK Ltd
Id
GB-COH-02343760

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
02343760

Address

Street Address
Armstrong Building, Oakwood Drive, Loughborough University Science & Enterprise Park
Locality
Loughborough
Postal Code
LE11 3QF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKF22

Contact

Name
Kayleigh Simms

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
pending
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Has Options
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
72260000
Description
Software-related services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
72267000
Description
Software maintenance and repair services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
72410000
Description
Provider services

Value

Including VAT
480,000
Amount
400,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-02343760
Name
Access UK Ltd

Contract period

Starts
20 Jan 2026, 00:00
Ends
19 Jan 2029, 23:59

Options

Description
Additional licences, storage or consultancy costs

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
000791-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
6 Jan 2026, 16:05
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
19 Jan 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI33 · SW7 5BD · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 000791-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·