IMS3 Contract for the Provision of Information Management Services

Change Control Note (CCN 0067):

The Department of Health and Social Care ("DHSC")(or the Department of Health as it was then known) intends to extend, for the purposes of supporting orderly transition and termination, its IMS3 contract with Atos IT Services UK Ltd entered into on 16 January 2012 (the "Contract"). DHSC entered into a the Contract following a further competition procedure under NHS Connecting for Health's Additional Supply Capability and Capacity Framework.

The Contract is for the provision of bundled IT services to DHSC as customer and other NHS bodies. Services include service management; service integration; security; sustainability; infrastructure support and enhancements; hosting; connectivity; end user tools; enterprise content management; collaboration; video conferencing; remote flexible working; telephony; print services; user access management and access devices; end user support; training and education; procurement; project services; applications enhancements, maintenance and support; business change; business intelligence; design authority; service improvement and innovation.

The Contract was originally let as a seven-year arrangement comprising a five-year initial term and two-year optional extension period. In June 2017, DHSC availed itself of the optional extension right and extended the contract for a period of 2 years. A further 2 year extension was negotiated taking the contract end date to 30 April 2022.

The Department has undergone a procurement exercise to replace this service (with the new Contract known as IMS4) and as a contingency extended the IMS3 agreement by 9 months for the purposes of orderly transition and exit.

The original value of the contract was £76,000,000.00 GBP for the 5-year initial term and an additional £30,300, 000.00 GBP for the first 2-year optional extension.

The 2nd extension period of 2-years was an additional £30,000,000.00 GBP.

This notice relates to the 3rd extension of IMS3, and is for 9 months up to 31/01/2023, at a value of £5,400,000 GBP.

This modification notice is being published retrospectively, having been inadvertently not published previously, due to an IT systems error. We are publishing the notice now to correct that error.

https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009107-2023?