IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

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This Notice relates to a Modification to a Contract in accordance with Regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Post Office Limited ("Post Office" or "the Authority") entered into an agreement with Fujitsu Services Limited ("Fujitsu Services") dated 28th July 1999 ("Horizon Agreement") for the provision of certain services, including services in respect of the HNG-X system ("Services"). The Horizon Agreement is due to expire on 31st March 2023 . In order to prepare the Horizon Agreement for expiry and in order to receive transitional support from Fujitsu Services following such expiry, the Horizon Agreement will be extended for a term of an additional one year to 31st March 2024, with the option of one additional year (as requested by Post Office). , The contract modification addressed by this Notice is for the provision of additional application and service management, maintenance, development and support services under an existing software and IT services agreement relating to Point of Sale/Service ('POS') customer facing transactions across multiple channels., For a number of significant technical and economic reasons, a change of contractor would cause significant inconvenience and substantial duplication of costs for the Authority. The estimated value of the additional services under the modification is £21,500,000 GBP per year for up to two years.