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County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Authority
Provision of IT Managed Service
Forecast: a planned procurement that is not yet at tender stage.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £1,875,000Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this forecast notice.
- Published
- 7 Aug 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
The contracting authority is seeking to engage a qualified service provider to deliver comprehensive IT management, support, and consultancy across its operations.
Scope of Services
Will include, but is not limited to:
• 24/7 IT helpdesk support
• Proactive monitoring and maintenance of networks, servers, and end-user devices
• Cybersecurity management, including threat detection and response
• Cloud services management and optimisation
• Software and hardware asset management
• IT consultancy and strategic planning
• Backup, Disaster recovery and business continuity planning
• Regular reporting and performance reviews
Procurement Process
The procurement will be conducted in accordance with applicable PA23 regulations.
This contract will carry an expected initial value of £1,875,000.00 (exc VAT), not including extension periods that may be applied.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 72000000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
2 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 16 Dec 2025Planning notice
Planning notice published 16 December 2025.
Deadline in this release: Thu 30 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST.
Release 083492-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 7 Aug 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 7 August 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 075025-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- None recorded for the fields above. Attached documents are not read, so this is not a full account of the tender.
06/ Questions
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08/ Related
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-05f704
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- planning · Planning
- Last verified
- Fri 14 Aug 2026, 08:16 BST
- Read at
- Fri 23 Oct 2026, 01:05 BST
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