Official UK procurement notice
Perspective Subscription 2026-2029 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The Pensions Regulator (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPerspective subscription that allows access to decades of pensions related materials plus a regular news alert service that assists with horizon scanning.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- 26 Feb 2026, 13:18 GMT
- Last source update
- 31 Mar 2026, 12:12 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-029572- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065d05Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Pendragon is the only supplier in the market at the time of procurement that is able to offer such product. This subscription focuses purely on UK pensions industry by providing materials such as pension legislation, statutory instruments, regulatory materials, case law, news, Pensions Ombudsman determinations, and EU materials.
A single supplier direct award justification is relied upon under para 6 of schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023. For the reasons set out above, due to an absence of competition for technical reasons only Pendragon can supply the service and there are no reasonable alternatives to those services. There is considered to be a low risk of a successful challenge and given the market there is also a low risk of any such challenge in fact materialising.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
10 Mar 2026 → 31 Mar 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends230 days ago10 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published210 days ago31 Mar 2026, 12:12 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Feb 2026- Transparency notice published26 Feb 2026, 13:18 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published27 Feb 2026, 12:19 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected12 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published31 Mar 2026, 12:12 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| PendragonPerspective Subscription1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 | £138,320same award published again · counted once | 27 Feb 2026standstill to 10 Mar 2026 | Standstill |
| Pendragon | £138,320 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 2 · Pendragon
- Signed
- 31 Mar 2026
- Value
- £138,320
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Standard subscription contarct
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- PendragonAwarded 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