Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
HM Revenue & Customs
100 Parliament Street
London
SW1A2BQ
UK
Contact person: Mandy Beames
Telephone: +44 3000501015
E-mail: mandy.beames@hmrc.gov.uk
NUTS: UKI32
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.hmrc.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: www.hmrc.gov.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
HMRC Virtual Desktop Service (vSTRIDE)
Reference number: SR2377102626
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Provision of virtual desktop service within HMRC
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
10 103 673.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
HMRC requires a virtualised desktop hosted platform to enable remote access to the HMRC environment for a range of user cases, this was procured via the gCloud 14 framework.
This is a 3 year contract with the option to extend for one additional 12 month period.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
This is a 3 year contract with the option to extend for one additional 12 month period.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
Call -off via the GCloud Framework
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
11/09/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
IBM United kingdom limited
741598
London
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 10 103 673.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
29/09/2025