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Published 7 May 2025, 12:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

UKRI-4875 Autodesk Licenses · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48)IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: North West (UKD61)South East (UKJ14)Scotland (UKM75)
Awarded value£300,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 25 Mar 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Man and Machine

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Annual renewal of existing 250 Autodesk license subscription and support package for the following sites:

Science and Technology Facilities Council

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

Daresbury Laboratory

Sci-Tech Daresbury

STFC UK Astronomy Technology Centre

To view this notice, please click here:

ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html ↗

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North West, South East, Scotland
48000000 Software package and information systems72261000 Software support services

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
Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
7 May 2025, 12:05 BST
Last source update
15 Jul 2026, 10:42 BST
Authority reference
UKRI-4875
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-066620
Latest notice
Contract termination notice (UK11)
Delivery area
North West (UKD61)South East (UKJ14)Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050db3 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
Published justification

This service cannot be provided by another supplier as it's an extension of our current licenses and technical support.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

20 May 2025 → 15 Jul 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends
    20 May 2025, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published104 days ago
    15 Jul 2026, 10:42 BST

Notice history

5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 May 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    7 May 2025, 12:05 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    9 May 2025, 10:05 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    24 May 2025, 00:59 BST
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    2 Jun 2025, 12:05 BST
    UK7
  5. Contract termination notice published
    15 Jul 2026, 10:42 BST
    UK11
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-05: 1 release · 7 May 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £300,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 23 May 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Man and Machine19 Jun 2025 – 19 Jun 2026£300,00025 Mar 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · Man and Machine

    Signed
    23 May 2025
    Value
    £300,000
    Period
    20 Jun 2025 – 20 Jun 2026
    Status
    terminated
    Final value
    £293,386
    Termination
    contractCompleted

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Research & Innovation

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDQJ-7126-JDHG Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, South West, SN2 1FLContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Man and Machine LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 02417402 Unit 8, Thame 40, Jane Morbey Road, Thame, South East, OX9 3RRContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure