FSCS Market Engagement for Microsoft Cloud Services

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Published March 12th, 2026

Detected March 13th, 2026

Summary

The UK's Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has issued a preliminary market engagement notice regarding the procurement of a Microsoft Cloud Service Provider and support. The estimated contract value is £10,000,000 over four years, with engagement closing on March 31, 2026.

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What changed

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) in the UK has published a preliminary market engagement notice to gather insights for procuring a Cloud Solutions Provider (CSP) for Azure tenants and associated cloud operations support. This notice, identified as 2026/S 000-022622, outlines an estimated contract value of £10,000,000 (including VAT) for an initial three-year period with a possible one-year extension, running from January 4, 2027, to January 3, 2031.

This is a Request for Information (RFI) and a preliminary market engagement exercise, not a tender. Interested parties are invited to respond via the Delta eSourcing portal by the engagement deadline of March 31, 2026. The FSCS aims to understand market capabilities and gather feedback to inform its procurement strategy for these critical IT services. No specific actions are required from regulated entities other than potential suppliers engaging with the FSCS.

What to do next

Respond to the Request for Information via the Delta eSourcing portal by March 31, 2026, if you are a potential Cloud Solutions Provider.

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Preliminary Market Engagement - Microsoft Cloud Service Provider and Support

Financial Services Compensation Scheme UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-022622

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-06690f

Published 12 March 2026, 8:24pm

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FSCS 571

Description

FSCS is seeking information in relation to procuring a Cloud Solutions Provider (CSP) with Cloud Operations Support for Azure tenants. FSCS is seeking to procure a partner to provide all Azure subscription services under a CSP agreement and provide Cloud Operations Support to augment the internal team. Ahead of the procurement, FSCS would like to understand market insights and have drafted a number of questions within our preliminary market engagement document which can be obtained within Delta.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Software-package-and-information-systems./P692379SWU

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/P692379SWU

Total value (estimated)

£10,000,000 including VAT Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

4 January 2027 to 3 January 2030
Possible extension to 3 January 2031
4 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

Software package and information systems

Information technology services

Engagement

Engagement deadline

31 March 2026

Engagement process description

This is a Request for Information and to engage in Preliminary Market Engagement.

Please note the contract value and contract duration are only estimated. For clarity the proposed new contract will be for an initial period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further year with the estimated proposed contract value being for all 4 years.