Notice Information
Notice Title
Hosting provision for the Computerised Environment for Self-Assessment (CESA)
Notice Description
The Authority has a requirement for a bridging contract to ensure continuity of essential services as we migrate to new arrangements.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Authority has a requirement for a bridging contract to ensure continuity of essential services as we migrate to new arrangements. HMRC has awarded a 3-year contract to Fujitsu Services Ltd to provide hosting and associated services for the CESA application utilising Fujitsu's proprietary Modern VME Environment. The CESA application administers the collection of Income Tax for all taxpayers under Self-Assessment. As CESA is Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), HMRC requires the secure and uninterrupted delivery of support to the application and considers the award of the new contract to be the only option for ensuring delivery of CESA until the migration to new arrangements. A programme has been set up to migrate the CESA application before this contract expires.
Options: There is a six month optional extension which is subject to further governance and approval. If the contract is extended the total value could be up to PS71,500,000 exc VAT.
Procurement Information
As negotiations commenced prior to 24 February 2025, and the coming into force of The Procurement Act 2023, they are governed by The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The MVE (Modern VME Environment) is proprietary to Fujitsu and so MVE based services are technically only available from Fujitsu and are not available in the market from alternative service providers. Due to the complex functionality and significant nature of the CESA application, the extensive testing required (particularly in respect of this application being Critical National Infrastructure) and the lengthy transition periods needed given the volume of users of the application, no alternative solution would realistically be ready for use before HMRC's requirement came to an end.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0552e8
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034865-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72500000 - Computer-related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £61,250,958 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Jun 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 18 Jun 20258 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- HM REVENUE & CUSTOMS
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- erin.burke@hmrc.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1A 2BQ
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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