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Finance system support, maintenance and hosting services

Natural History Museum

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Natural History Museum

Buyer Address: Cromwell Road, London, UKI33, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom

Contact Name: NHM Procurement

Contact Email: nhmprocurement@nhm.ac.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
direct
Value
400000.0 GBP
Published
06 Jan 2026, 16:05
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
20 Jan 2026, 00:00
Contract End
19 Jan 2029, 23:59
Category
n/a
CPV
72260000 - Software-related services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Access UK Ltd
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

Support, maintenance, hosting and data storage services for the contracting authority’s existing finance system and associated modules. The services relate to a business critical system currently in operational use. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=1004338804

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

Documents

Document Description: Not published

Raw Notice JSON

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