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title: "Infra Technical Partner - Cloud & Hosting - Frontline Productivity"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0786e8"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS England"
published: "2026-10-13"
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# Infra Technical Partner - Cloud & Hosting - Frontline Productivity

Buyer: NHS England  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0786e8

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## Summary

NHS England procured specialist cloud and hosting technical delivery services to support cloud adoption and migration across the NHS. The work covers developing standards, policies, guidance, reference architectures and other technical materials, alongside advisory services and subject-matter expertise. It also includes workforce capability development, innovation and strategy activities. Services are commissioned through individual Statements of Work over the contract term, so the requirement is for a delivery partner able to provide support across a range of cloud and hosting activities rather than a single defined deliverable. The procurement is titled Infra Technical Partner – Cloud & Hosting – Frontline Productivity. The associated classification is health services (CPV 85100000). NHS England is the buying organisation; the work supports NHS-wide cloud and hosting activity.

The procurement is complete and awarded following a competitive further competition under the Technology Services 4 framework, Lot 1. NHS England selected IBM United Kingdom Limited. The award date was 13 October 2026, with a contract period from 1 November 2026 to 31 March 2029 and an optional 12-month extension, up to 31 March 2030. The award is valued at £4,000,000 excluding VAT (£4,800,000 including VAT). The competition was conducted under the selective procedure as a framework call-off. One lot was awarded. The procurement data does not set out specific eligibility requirements or evaluation criteria, so the award basis beyond the competitive framework competition is not described.

This award demonstrates demand from NHS England for a cloud and hosting partner that can combine technical delivery with strategic advice, standards and architecture development, workforce capability building, and innovation support. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need broad cloud and hosting expertise, the ability to produce practical policies, guidance and technical artefacts, and sufficient specialist capacity to respond to work commissioned through separate Statements of Work. Experience supporting cloud adoption and migration in a complex, multi-organisation health environment would be relevant to this buyer’s requirement. The competitive route was a further competition through an existing technology services framework, so suppliers would need access to an appropriate framework route as well as the ability to deliver across the full mix of advisory, technical and workforce activities.

## Notice

NHS England has awarded a contract for a Cloud & Hosting Technical Delivery Partner via a Further Competition under RM6190 Technology Services 4, Lot 1, to provide specialist technical expertise and support across a range of Cloud and Hosting activities. The scope includes the development of standards, policies, guidance, reference architectures and technical artefacts, the provision of advisory services and subject matter expertise, workforce capability development, and innovation and strategy activities to support cloud adoption and migration across the NHS. Services will be commissioned through individual Statements of Work during the contract term.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096719-2026 |
| 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 | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 13 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 13 Oct 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Nov 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £4,000,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS England |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South East London |
| Postcode | SE1 8UG |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI45 Lambeth |
| Local authority | Lambeth |
| Electoral ward | Waterloo & South Bank |
| Westminster constituency | Vauxhall and Camberwell Green |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | IBM United Kingdom Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 13 Oct 2026 at 16:37 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096719-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096719-2026
  13th October 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.england.nhs.uk/
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h6vhtk-04eac3
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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