Notice Information
Notice Title
DBT contract for Bill of Shipping Data
Notice Description
Contract for provision of consolidated global Bill of Shipping Data to Department for Business and Trade for information and analysis. The total contract value for the original 12 months of this contract is PS260,000. There is an optional 12 month extension clause to extend the contract until November 2025. The total cost of extending by the entire 12 months is a further PS260,000. This would mean the total contract value, including the optional extension, is PS520,000 ex VAT.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-b2b7066b-b037-444f-a4c0-4ffd17e4c87f
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0ad6d740-bcd8-489f-9588-aea86575301a
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £520,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £520,000 £500K-£1M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Aug 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 14 Jul 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 26 Sep 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- 29 Nov 2023 - 28 Nov 2024 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS AND TRADE
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- commercialddat@trade.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1A 2AY
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- TLI London
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0ad6d740-bcd8-489f-9588-aea86575301a
5th August 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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