Published date: 11 February 2026

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 19 December 2025, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

Location of contract

NE1 4PA

Value of contract

£192,240

Procurement reference

CF-3378600D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

11 February 2026

Closing date

19 December 2025

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

31 December 2025

Contract end date

30 December 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

This is a Contract Award Notice.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) requires M365 Immutable Backup which shields from threats, offers immutable cloud storage which ransomware cannot encrypt or delete and enables rapid recovery.

This procurement was undertaken through the CCS G Cloud 14 Framework Agreement (RM1557.14), Lot 2 Cloud Software, following the Direct Award process.

The Contract is awarded for a total period of 36 months.

Total Awarded Value is maximum of all charges including any optional contract extensions.

Contract Reference: CQC I&D 156

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Award information

Awarded date

6 February 2026

Contract start date

31 December 2025

Contract end date

30 December 2028

Total value of contract

£192,240

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

AvePoint UK, Ltd.

Address

Watchmaker Court EC1M 4BJ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

About the buyer

Contact name

Commercial and Contracts Team

Address

Citygate, Gallowgate
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4PA
England

Email

commercialcontracts@cqc.org.uk