Smarter Digital Access Programme
FCA · published 11 Nov 2026
- Tender expected
- 28 Feb 2027
- Estimated value
- £650,000,000 excluding VAT where stated
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedure · above threshold · sets up a framework
- Contract dates
- 1 Jul 2027 to 30 Jun 2031
- Where
- Yorkshire and the Humber, London and 1 more
- Categories (CPV)
- 72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 48000000 Software package and information systems
- 73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 72200000 Software programming and consultancy services
- 72220000 Systems and technical consultancy services
- 30200000 Computer equipment and supplies
- 72300000 Data services
- 72500000 Computer-related services
- and 5 more
- Small businesses
- The buyer marks this as suitable for SMEs.
Description
This Pipeline notice relates to the Smarter Digital Access Programme which is expected to comprise a number of separate procurements, for which further notices will be published as requirements and routes to market are developed. We anticipate the scope of the programme to cover: i) An IT professional services framework contract the ‘Digital Capability Framework’ potentially covering scope that may relate to Application Development, Engineering & Technical Infrastructure, Service Management, Enterprise Architecture and Data Services ii) non-strategic Software spend and Hardware spend iii) resource provision for Cyber Security labour-based requirements The estimated value stated in this notice represents the FCA’s current best estimate of potential aggregate expenditure across the programme. It does not represent a commitment to procure or spend this amount, nor the estimated value of any individual procurement and will be subject to internal FCA approvals.
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