AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Revenue Scotland published a 2026 modification notice for its tax administration and management solution. The underlying contract record names NEC SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED and Northgate Public Services (UK) Limited as suppliers, is marked active, and explicitly records a signature date of 18 September 2018. The notice reports £1,729,600 of historic and planned modification works, including new Scottish tax modules.
Published outcomeActive contract record with two named suppliers on lot 1; the published contract value is £5,507,180, with separately stated modification-work costs of £156,600 and £1,573,000.
Market significanceThe modification expands a devolved-tax platform through additional functionality and modules for Scottish Aggregate Tax and Scottish Building Safety Levy.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
2 supplier records analysed
NEC SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED
98% confidenceAward 095539-2026-A18734223-1 · Lots 1 · Not individually stated GBP · Named supplier on active award and contract
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Award and contract list supplier GB-FTS-78611; supplier verification gives verified_company_name NEC SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED (company number 00968498).
Northgate Public Services (UK) Limited
93% confidenceAward 095539-2026-A18734223-1 · Lots 1 · Not individually stated GBP · Named supplier on active award and contract; identity unverified
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Award and contract list supplier GB-FTS-187454 as Northgate Public Services (UK) Limited. Supplier identity workflow completed without a safe company match.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published notice
99% confidenceModification notice published 9 October 2026
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Process published_at and release history: 2026-10-09T10:58:52+01:00; notice types awardUpdate and contractUpdate.
Contract status
98% confidenceActive
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Contract 095539-2026-A18734223-1 has status active.
Contract signature
99% confidence18 September 2018
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Contract dateSigned: 2018-09-18T00:00:00+01:00.
Modification status
94% confidenceNotice reports historic works and FY25-26 works
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Amendment description identifies historic FY20-21/FY21-22 works and works during FY25-26.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published contract value
99% confidence£5,507,180
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Contract value: amount 5507180, currency GBP.
Historic modification works cost
99% confidence£156,600
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Amendment description states: total cost of these historic works was 156,600 GBP.
FY25-26 new-tax-module works cost
99% confidence£1,573,000
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Amendment description states: total cost of these works was 1,573,000 GBP.
Reported modification-work costs combined
98% confidence£1,729,600
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Arithmetic sum of the two separately stated amendment costs (£156,600 + £1,573,000). This is not allocated between suppliers and is not asserted to be additional to the published contract value.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract start and signature
99% confidence18 September 2018
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Contract dateSigned and period startDate are both 2018-09-18.
Original functionality target
84% confidenceApril 2019
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Lot description says the service design project aimed to have required functionality deployed by April 2019.
Historic modification periods
94% confidenceFY20-21 and FY21-22
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Amendment description identifies historic works during FY20-21 and FY21-22.
Further modification period
94% confidenceFY25-26
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Amendment description identifies works during FY25-26.
Contract end
99% confidence14 August 2029
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Contract period endDate: 2029-08-14T23:59:59+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Core requirement
97% confidenceTax administration and management solution for devolved taxes in Scotland
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Lot description.
Platform capabilities
94% confidenceTax operations administration, external-user interaction, support, infrastructure, workflow, secure communications, case management and enhanced compliance capabilities
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Lot description.
Modification scope
95% confidenceSLFT credit calculations, out-of-scope workflow, transaction rounding changes, portal banner and continual improvement
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Amendment description.
New modules
97% confidenceScottish Aggregate Tax and Scottish Building Safety Levy modules added as bolt-ons to the existing platform
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Amendment description.
Delivery region
93% confidenceUKM (Scotland)
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Contract item delivery address region is UKM.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
Competition and bid information
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
Modification rationale
95% confidenceAdditional services from the original contractor were necessary; changing contractor was said to create technical interchangeability issues, significant inconvenience and substantial duplication of cost. The notice also cites unforeseen circumstances arising from two new delegated taxes.
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Amendment rationale under Regulation 71(1)(b) and 71(1)(c).
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract period
99% confidence18 September 2018 to 14 August 2029
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Contract period startDate and endDate.
Support and maintenance
91% confidenceIncluded in stated scope
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Lot description says the contract will provide ongoing support and maintenance and develop in line with Revenue Scotland's needs.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Modification demand
93% confidenceThe notice indicates continued platform change driven by tax-policy and operational requirements, including two new tax modules.
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Amendment description identifies SAT and SBSL modules and earlier operational changes.
Value allocation
98% confidenceNo supplier-level, lot-level or modification-level allocation is published.
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One contract value and two modification costs are stated, while the award lists two suppliers without individual amounts.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity coverage
99% confidenceOne of two named suppliers is Companies House verified; Northgate Public Services (UK) Limited is unverified after a completed unmatched check.
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Supplier verification: verifiedCount 1, checkedUnmatchedCount 1; Northgate has status checked_unmatched.
Supplier-count inconsistency
99% confidenceThe lot narrative says Revenue Scotland intended to appoint a single supplier, but the award and contract each name two suppliers. Their respective roles and value shares are not stated.
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Lot description says 'single supplier'; award and contract supplier arrays each contain Northgate Public Services (UK) Limited and NEC Software Solutions UK Limited.
Value relationship unclear
98% confidenceThe source does not state whether the £5,507,180 contract value includes either stated modification cost.
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Contract value and amendment costs are separately published without an explained relationship.
Notice timing
96% confidenceThe 2026 notice retrospectively reports historic FY20-21 and FY21-22 works as well as FY25-26 works.
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Amendment description.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Northgate Public Services (UK) Limited has no safe Companies House match in the supplied completed identity check, so its legal identity is unverified.
- The source says the lot intended a single supplier but names two suppliers in the award and contract; roles, allocation and any joint-delivery arrangement are not published.
- No supplier-level, lot-level or modification-level value allocation is supplied.
- The relationship between the £5,507,180 contract value and the separately stated £1,729,600 in modification-work costs is not stated.
- Information not supplied in the published notice includes procurement method, bid count, evaluation results, award date, pricing breakdown and extension terms.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Revenue Scotlandtax administration solutionNEC SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS UK LIMITEDNorthgate Public ServicesScottish Aggregate TaxScottish Building Safety Levycontract modification
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who are the named suppliers?
The award and contract record name NEC SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED and Northgate Public Services (UK) Limited. NEC is Companies House verified in the supplied data; Northgate remains unverified after a completed unmatched check.
What is the stated value?
The published contract value is £5,507,180. The modification notice separately states £156,600 of historic works and £1,573,000 of FY25-26 works; it does not explain their relationship to the contract value.
When does the contract end?
The contract record gives an end date of 14 August 2029.
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