Managed Service Provider Contract

Border to Coast Pensions Partnership LimitedcontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-054f38Procurement Act 2023pending
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Estimated value

Awarded value

£7.0m

Awarded 17 Dec 2025

Suppliers

1

Lots

1

1 awarded

Published

23 Dec 2025

Description

Border to Coast intends to appoint a partner organisation to support core capabilities necessary to manage its existing infrastructure and achieve its future ICT objectives. This includes the oversight of the existing infrastructure and provision of corporate ICT solutions to enable Border to Coast to operate its core business using latest technologies deployed in a modern and flexible environment. The ICT Managed Service will manage and oversee the cloud based collaborative platform to allow Border to Coast to manage and deliver its investment portfolio effectively and securely. This will include hardware, infrastructure, communications, service support, cyber and data resilience capabilities. Border to Coast currently operates on a single site with circa. 180 users, and has adopted standard Microsoft 365 solutions, with additional Business Central (Finance), CRM and Data modules deployed across the business.

Scope

Reference
DN765254
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
16 May 2026 to 16 May 2030
Possible extension to 16 May 2034

Border to Coast is looking for the appointed successful Tenderer to contract for a term of 4 years, with then the options to extend, subject to performance and price negotiation, twice for 2 additional years each (resulting in a maximum possible term of 8 years).

CPV classifications
72000000
48000000
48200000
30200000

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Quality/Servicequality60.00%
Bid Priceprice20.00%
Pre-Selection and Strategic Alignment Questionnaire: Parts 2 and 3quality15.00%
ESGquality5.00%

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Competitive flexible procedure

Award details

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

£7.0m

Award date

17 Dec 2025

Contract start

16 May 2026

Contract end

16 May 2030

Awarded to
KG