Notice Information

  • Notice Title

    Fuel Finder Services

  • Notice Description

    Fuel Finder Service. Government published the consultation on the design of Fuel Finder on 16 January 2024. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/empowering-drivers-and-boosting-competition-in-the-road-fuel-retail-market#:~:text=Consultation%20description,road%20fuels%20price%20monitoring%20function. The Government response to the consultation was published on 30 October 2024 here; https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/empowering-drivers-and-boosting-competition-in-the-road-fuel-retail-market/outcome/consultation-on-open-data-scheme-and-ongoing-monitoring-function-for-road-fuel-prices-government-response Through this procurement, we sought Supplier than could: a. Build a Service for PFSs and Third Parties that increases transparency of fuel prices and availability of fuel for Consumers in near-real time so that Consumers can make informed choices on purchasing fuel. b. Deliver a Service that can: * Register all UK retail PFSs (~8300). * Collect (through various input methods), aggregate and securely store Business Data from PFSs as prices and availability of fuel changes. * Share the Business Data with registered Third Parties (that wish to access the data) openly and freely in near-real time to deliver to Consumers. * Provide ongoing support to PFSs and Third Parties. * Provide a mechanism for Consumers to report inaccuracies in Business Data. * Resolve or escalate any reported or suspected non-compliance of PFSs to the CMA as 'enforcer.'

  • Lot Information

    Lot 1

    Procurement of Digital services for Fuel Finder

    Options: Optional contingency amount and 2 x 1 year extension options

    Renewal: 2 year initial term. 12 month option to extend plus additional 12 month option to extend. 2 year + 1 year + 1 year

Notice Details

  • Notice Details

    Open Contracting ID

    ocds-h6vhtk-04e1ec

    Publication Source

    Find A Tender Service

    Latest Notice

    https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028662-2025

    Current Stage

    Award

    All Stages

    Tender, Award


    Notice Type

    Tender Notice

    Procurement Type

    Framework

    Procurement Category

    Services

    Procurement Method

    Open

    Procurement Method Details

    Open procedure

    Tender Suitability

    Not specified

    Awardee Scale

    SME

  • Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

    CPV Divisions

    72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support


    CPV Codes

    72260000 - Software-related services

  • Notice Value(s)

    Tender Value

    £3,000,000 £1M-£10M

    Lots Value

    £3,000,000 £1M-£10M

    Awards Value

    Not specified

    Contracts Value

    Not specified

  • Notice Dates

    Publication Date

    30 May 20254 months ago

    Submission Deadline

    17 Mar 2025Expired

    Future Notice Date

    Not specified

    Award Date

    2 May 20255 months ago

    Contract Period

    29 Apr 2025 - 29 Apr 2029 4-5 years

    Recurrence

    Not specified

  • Notice Status

    Tender Status

    Complete

    Lots Status

    Cancelled

    Awards Status

    Active

    Contracts Status

    Active

Buyer & Supplier

  • Contracting Authority (Buyer)

    Main Buyer

    DESNZ & DSIT GROUP COMMERCIAL

    Contact Name

    Ginny Noble

    Contact Email

    ddatprocurements@ics.gov.uk

    Contact Phone

    Not specified

    Buyer Location

    Locality

    LONDON

    Postcode

    N/A

    Post Town

    Not specified

    Country

    Not specified


    Major Region (ITL 1)

    Not specified

    Basic Region (ITL 2)

    Not specified

    Small Region (ITL 3)

    Not specified

    Delivery Location

    Not specified


    Local Authority

    Not specified

    Electoral Ward

    Not specified

    Westminster Constituency

    Not specified


  • Supplier Information

    Number of Suppliers

    1

    Supplier Name

    VE3 GLOBAL

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