Official UK procurement notice
Verification Reporting · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Student Loans Company (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Economic Crime Unit require access to a single web-based portal with access to credit reference bureau reports to allow validation of customer information such as home address including historical information.
The service will enable the team to validate the customers and sponsors email addresses, mobile numbers and bank details etc which our other internal services do not have the ability to do. This supports fraud investigations and provides confidence that suspect customer circumstances can be confirmed and avoid financial losses being incurred.
The service will also enable the team to filter out cases to avoid unnecessary customer contact and ensure their customer journey is efficient as possible
CPV: Miscellaneous business and business-related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Access to single web-based portal with access to credit reference bureau reports to…Awarded
access to single web-based portal with access to credit reference bureau reports to allow validation of customer information such as home address including historical information.
Procured via G:Cloud 14.
Initial term 24 months.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- 23 Apr 2026, 15:36 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Apr 2026, 15:36 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-037216- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0689e6Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The contract was awarded under the G‑Cloud 14 Framework Agreement, which was established following a compliant competitive procurement process in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. In line with Regulation 33, call‑off contracts may be awarded without prior publication of a separate contract notice, provided they are awarded in accordance with the framework rules.
Publisher note: Procured via G:Cloud 14.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equifax | £60,750 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Verification Reporting · Equifax
- Signed
- 22 Apr 2026
- Value
- £60,750
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Student Loans Company LimtiedReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Equifax LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.