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ID 1599587 DoF-DSS-Digital Toolkit Support and Development

Department of Finance — Digital Shared Services · awardUpdate, contractUpdate

Tender information last checkedLast checked 27 Sept 2026, 14:26.

Opportunity overview

Regulation 72(1) (b) Additional works, services or supplies “have become necessary” and were not included in the initial procurement and a change of supplier would not be practicable (for economic, technical or interoperability reasons) and would involve substantial inconvenience/duplication of costs. A contract modification is required given the business critical nature of the services supported and provided and the Departments uncertainty about the future of the requirement means this service is not being re-tendered and would not be attractive to alternative Suppliers. This modification is for the extension of the current contract duration by a maximum of 3 years (until 12/03/2029) and has a value of £5,500,000.00.

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.

Stiona Software Ltd

Match pending…
Contract value
£21m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
12 Mar 2019
Award ID
061154-2026-1-1
Status
active
Location
Aylesbury, UK, HP20 2NQ, United Kingdom

Classification

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

Lots

  • The Department Finance (DoF) is seeking to procure a contractor to provide NICS and digital shared serviceswith the facility to develop and deliver digital solutions to meet strategic objectives in the most cost effectiveway through use of the digital toolkit. The services required include application development, testing, userexperience, enterprise solutions, delivery, support and data analytics. The external ICT support services willassist the Department in the delivery of a complex, interdependent and high profile portfolio of ICT enabledchange programmes.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
1599587
Main Procurement Category
services
Review Details
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

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

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
The Department Finance (DoF) is seeking to procure a contractor to provide NICS and digital shared serviceswith the facility to develop and deliver digital solutions to meet strategic objectives in the most cost effectiveway through use of the digital toolkit. The services required include application development, testing, userexperience, enterprise solutions, delivery, support and data analytics. The external ICT support services willassist the Department in the delivery of a complex, interdependent and high profile portfolio of ICT enabledchange programmes.

Contract period

Duration In Days
1,800

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKN

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Department of Finance — Digital Shared Services
Id
GB-FTS-99336

Identifier

Legal Name
Department of Finance — Digital Shared Services

Address

Street Address
Goodwood House, 52 May Street
Locality
BELFAST
Region
UK
Postal Code
BT1 4NN
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Organisation 2
Name
Stiona Software Ltd
Id
GB-FTS-99337

Identifier

Legal Name
Stiona Software Ltd

Address

Street Address
Account Direct Ltd Elsinore House
Locality
Aylesbury
Region
UK
Postal Code
HP20 2NQ
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Organisation 3
Name
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.
Id
GB-FTS-20217

Identifier

Legal Name
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.

Address

Locality
Belfast
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1
Id
061154-2026-1-1
Status
active

Related lots

1

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-99337
Name
Stiona Software Ltd

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
061154-2026-1-1
Award ID
061154-2026-1-1
Status
active
Date Signed
12 Mar 2019, 00:00

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Classification

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

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
48983000
Description
Development software package
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
72212223
Description
Electronic mail software development services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
72212224
Description
Web page editing software development services
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
72212510
Description
Communication software development services
Entry 5
Scheme
CPV
Id
72232000
Description
Development of transaction processing and custom software
Entry 6
Scheme
CPV
Id
48000000
Description
Software package and information systems
Entry 7
Scheme
CPV
Id
48400000
Description
Business transaction and personal business software package
Entry 8
Scheme
CPV
Id
48900000
Description
Miscellaneous software package and computer systems
Entry 9
Scheme
CPV
Id
48700000
Description
Software package utilities

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKN

Value

Amount
21,000,000
Currency
GBP

Period

Starts
13 Mar 2026, 00:00
Ends
12 Mar 2029, 23:59

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
Regulation 72(1) (b) Additional works, services or supplies “have become necessary” and were not included in the initial procurement and a change of supplier would not be practicable (for economic, technical or interoperability reasons) and would involve substantial inconvenience/duplication of costs. A contract modification is required given the business critical nature of the services supported and provided and the Departments uncertainty about the future of the requirement means this service is not being re-tendered and would not be attractive to alternative Suppliers. This modification is for the extension of the current contract duration by a maximum of 3 years (until 12/03/2029) and has a value of £5,500,000.00.
Rationale
Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: The Authority will be relying on Regulation 72(1)(b) Additional works, services or supplies “have become necessary” and were not included in the initial procurement, and a change of supplier would not be practicable (for economic, technical or interoperability and would involve substantial inconvenience/duplication of costs.

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · BELFAST · UK · BT1 4NN · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKN

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 061154-2026awardUpdate, contractUpdate ·