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FHAS Transition and Exit

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS

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14 Oct 2026 at 09:49

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) required an integrated service to manage the transition and exit of its Future Hosting and Storage (FHAS) services from incumbent providers to newly appointed suppliers. The work covers coordinating, governing, assuring and overseeing transition, implementation, service readiness and exit management. The supplier acts on Defra’s behalf across multiple suppliers, programmes and stakeholders, maintaining continuity of service, operational readiness and governance compliance throughout the transition. This is IT consultancy and support work (CPV 72000000). The buyer is Defra, a central government department. The procurement concerns a single lot and is focused on Defra’s FHAS services; the delivery location is not stated.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Finyx Consulting Limited. The award was made on 13 October 2026, with an awarded value of £3 million excluding VAT (£3.6 million including VAT). The contract period runs from 26 October 2026 to 25 October 2027, with an optional extension of up to six months, in two three-month periods, allowing a latest end date of 25 April 2028. Defra used a selective procedure to make a competitive award under a framework. The contract covers one lot. The published process information does not state the evaluation criteria or supplier eligibility requirements.

The award shows demand for a lead transition and exit management provider able to take an outcome-based, integrated role across complex IT service changes. A credible competitor for this requirement would need to coordinate multiple incumbent and incoming suppliers, programmes and stakeholders, while overseeing implementation, service readiness and exit activities. The work calls for strong governance and assurance capability, together with the ability to protect continuity of live services and confirm operational readiness throughout the transition. Providers with experience managing cross-supplier transitions in hosting and storage environments would be well placed to demonstrate relevant delivery capability to Defra. The scale and breadth of coordination suggest capacity to manage concurrent workstreams and stakeholder dependencies, rather than providing a narrow standalone IT service.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

FHAS Transition and Exit

Notice Description

Defra requires a managed outcome-based service to coordinate, govern, assure and oversee the successful transition of Future Hosting and Storage (FHAS) services from incumbent suppliers to newly appointed suppliers. The Supplier shall provide an integrated Transition, Implementation, Service Readiness and Exit Management Service acting on behalf of the Authority to coordinate activities across multiple suppliers, programmes and stakeholders whilst maintaining continuity of service, operational readiness and governance compliance throughout the transition lifecycle.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-07871a
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096810-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Award under framework
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£3,000,000 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
14 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
13 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Contract Period
26 Oct 2026 - 25 Oct 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Pending
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1P 4DF
Postcode Area
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

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

FINYX CONSULTING LIMITED

Further Information

Notice Documents

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