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Tender: Provision and Support of Server Patch Management Solution for Northern Ireland Civil Service – Patch ~2400 Servers

Released 3 months ago

Closed26 Aug 2026

Est. valueEstimate£30K to £120K

LocationNorthern Ireland

AgencyDepartment of Finance

SourceFind a Tender

CategoryIT & Software

Submissions closedClosed Wed, 26 Aug 2026

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IT Assist is seeking a supplier for the provision and support of a Server Patch Management Tool to patch approximately 2,400 servers across the nine Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) Departments and around 40 Arms-Length organisations, supporting services delivered to about 28,000 NICS staff and customers across Northern Ireland. The Buyer is responsible for the hosting, administration and maintenance of both virtual and physical server infrastructure. The anticipated contract award is September 2026, with a two-week implementation period prior to the licensing period commencing on 11 October 2026; the initial contract term is three years with the option to extend for two further periods of up to 12 months each. Please refer to the document titled "ID 6421140 – Specification" for full details of the requirement.

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