Official UK procurement notice
Exempt as per S94 - (1)(a) - national security grounds
Authority: HM Revenue & Customs (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionExempt as per S94 - (1)(a) - withheld for the purpose of safeguarding national security
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Jun 2025, 12:15 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-035368- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052c4cFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
- Published justification
Single supplier - intellectual property or exclusive rights
Direct award conditions and permissible justifications are set out under Chapter 3 and Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act. There is justification for a direct award on the grounds set out under paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 where the following conditions are met in relation to the public contract-
(a)due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and
(b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
16 Jun 2025 → 26 Jun 2025 · 2 dates- Standstill ends16 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published26 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Jun 2025- Transparency notice published4 Jun 2025, 12:15 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published5 Jun 2025, 12:14 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected17 Jun 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published26 Jun 2025, 12:00 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Withheld Section94 supplier28 Jun 2025 – 27 Jun 2028 | £2,188,062 | 5 Jun 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Withheld Section94 supplier
- Signed
- 18 Jun 2025
- Value
- £2,188,062
- Period
- 28 Jun 2025 – 27 Jun 2028
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Key Performance Indicators are not applicable for this contract.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Withheld Section94 SupplierAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender