Find a TenderAwarded without competitionContract award notice
Published 18 Jun 2025, 14:14 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Exempt as per S94 - national security ground

Official notice

Authority: HM Revenue & Customs (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£10,000,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 19 Jun 2025no call for competition
Award (standstill) to Withheld Section94 supplier

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Exempt as per S94 - (1)(a) - withheld for the purpose of safeguarding national security

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure 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
18 Jun 2025, 14:14 BST
Last source update
19 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-033646
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054f17 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Defence Security Operational
Published justification

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 18 of Schedule 5 where the following conditions are met in relation to the public contract-

(a)the contract is a defence and security contract,

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

19 Jun 2025 → 30 Jun 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    19 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
  2. Standstill ends
    30 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Jun 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    18 Jun 2025, 14:14 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    19 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £10,000,0001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Withheld Section94 supplier1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2030£10,000,00019 Jun 2025standstill to 30 Jun 2025Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

HM Revenue & Customs

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PVMW-8599-JZNJ 100 Parliament Street, London, London, SW1A 2BQContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Withheld Section94 SupplierAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PBXY-3232-WNHZ Withheld address line 1, Withheld Town, London, SW1A 2HQContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender