AwardedAwarded 15 May 2026

Managed Service Provider Contract

Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Limited · Local or regional public body

In brief

Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Limited awarded computer hardware and IT and software work to Kocho Group Limited on 15 May 2026.

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What the notice says

Border to Coast intends to appoint a partner organisation to support core capabilities necessary to manage its existing infrastructure and achieve its future ICT objectives. This includes the oversight of the existing infrastructure and provision of corporate ICT solutions to enable Border to Coast to operate its core business using latest technologies deployed in a modern and flexible environment. The ICT Managed Service will manage and oversee the cloud based collaborative platform to allow Border to Coast to manage and deliver its investment portfolio effectively and securely. This will include hardware, infrastructure, communications, service support, cyber and data resilience capabilities. Border to Coast currently operates on a single site with circa. 180 users, and has adopted standard Microsoft 365 solutions, with additional Business Central (Finance), CRM and Data modules deployed across the business.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Kocho Group Limited
7 bids received
£7,000,000
Awarded 17 December 2025
17 May 2026 to 16 May 2030
Kocho Group Limited
7 bids received
£7,000,000
Awarded 17 December 2025
Kocho Group Limited
7 bids received
£7,000,000
Awarded 8 February 2026

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 085112-2025
  2. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 085913-2025
  3. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 012407-2026
  4. Contract details notice · UK7, notice 054352-2026

About the buyer

Procurements

19

Awards

17

Suppliers it has used most for computer hardware

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From notice 085112-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 19 December 2025, last updated 9 June 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.