Official UK procurement notice
Exempt as per S94 - national security ground
Authority: HM Revenue & Customs (Central government)
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 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
- 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
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054f17Find 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- Notice published19 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Standstill ends30 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Jun 2025- Transparency notice published18 Jun 2025, 14:14 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published19 Jun 2025, 12:00 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £10,000,0001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Withheld Section94 supplier1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2030 | £10,000,000 | 19 Jun 2025standstill to 30 Jun 2025 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Withheld Section94 SupplierAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender