# McCloud Administration Support Services

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [NHS Business Services Authority](/buyers/nhs-business-services-authority/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: EQ Paymaster
- Award value: £6,245,000
- Tender value: £6,245,000
- Award date: 16 October 2025
- Published: 17 November 2025
- Contract start: 3 October 2025
- Contract end: 31 March 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 38762ebc-3298-462e-a6d7-0b996d65e426-872500
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-df523f12-d658-405a-9c67-f075190c5cb0

## Description

This is a call-off contract from the LGPS Pensions Administration Operational Support Services framework agreement for the provision of pensions administration support services\. This will increase NHSBSA capacity to process manual calculations as part of the NHS Pensions McCloud Programme\. This is a short-term interim agreement until a longer-term strategy for delivering this requirement for the McCloud Programme is finalised and can then be shared with the market ahead of any procurement activity\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/38762ebc-3298-462e-a6d7-0b996d65e426-872500)