Award

12607455 - FIDDO - Fuels Information and Data for Defence Organisations

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

28 Mar 2025 at 15:56

Award

13 Mar 2025 at 15:10

Summary of the contracting process

The Ministry of Defence (MoD), through its Operational Energy Authority (OEA), has awarded a contract titled "FIDDO - Fuels Information and Data for Defence Organisations" for data supply services in the Defence sector. The awarded supplier is S&P Global Commodity Insights, a division of S&P Global Inc. This contract falls under the "services" category and involves the provision of international fuels market information and price monitoring. The contract, valued at approximately £3,692,753.38 (GBP), was signed on 26 March 2025 and is set for a duration of five years. The procurement method used was a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, justified by the unique technical capabilities required for this contract.

This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in data supply services, especially those capable of providing comprehensive commodity market pricing data. Organisations with expertise in fuels, data services, and data management could find competitive advantages in similar contracts. Additionally, businesses that can innovate and enhance the efficiency of international market information and pricing models may also find this sector rewarding. With the MoD actively seeking specialised data management capabilities, this contract highlights the importance of exclusive data offerings to meet the specific needs of defence operations.

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Notice Title

12607455 - FIDDO - Fuels Information and Data for Defence Organisations

Notice Description

The Operational Energy Authority's Defence Support Team manage the Bulk Fuels Contracts for the provision of Bulk Marine, Aviation, and Road fuel worldwide, for all Front Line Commands. The Authority has an enduring requirement to provide a capability for users across Defence to obtain up-to-date international fuels market information, monitor prices of fuels purchased under extant and future Contracts and for forward forecasting and budgeting. 712607455 - FIDDO - Fuels Information and Data for Defence Organisations - Contract Award Notice- Following on from conclusion and expiry of VTN published 13 March 2025 via Find a Tender Service (FTS)

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Operational Energy Authority's Defence Support Team manage the Bulk Fuels Contracts for the provision of Bulk Marine, Aviation, and Road fuel worldwide, for all Front Line Commands. The Authority has an enduring requirement to provide a capability for users across Defence to obtain up-to-date international fuels market information, monitor prices of fuels purchased under extant and future Contracts and for forward forecasting and budgeting.

Procurement Information

The Operational Energy Authority (OEA), part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), following a publication of a VTN, is placing a 'Fuels Information and Data for Defence Organisations (FIDDO)' contract with S&P Global Inc. (S&P) for renewal of the MoD's Platts Market Data user licence. Platts Market Data provides international commodity market pricing data, against which all OEA managed fuels contracts are benchmarked. The contract will provide a five (5) year Platts Market Data user licence, and have an estimated value of PS4,500,000 (inclusive of VAT). In accordance with the provisions of The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 SI No. 2020/1319, this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) as amended (in particular by SI 2020/1319). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate. It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for technical reasons. Platts Market Data is the only data source able to provide the full spectrum of data for all fuel types across all required locations and is crucial to the pricing of future contracts, variation of price elements in extant contracts and to the continuity of supply of fuel to Front-Line Commands. The data is proprietary to S&P and its licences are non-transferable between users. No other economic operator is able to meet this requirement.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ece3
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011847-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

09 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy

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


CPV Codes

09100000 - Fuels

72300000 - Data services

72313000 - Data capture services

72319000 - Data supply services

72322000 - Data management services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£7,097,488 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Mar 202511 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
13 Mar 202511 months ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
aspet.mkrtchyan100@mod.gov.uk, ukstratcom-defsp-oeacomrclfuel@mod.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
BRISTOL
Postcode
N/A
Post Town
Bristol
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK5 West of England
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
South Gloucestershire
Electoral Ward
Stoke Park & Cheswick
Westminster Constituency
Filton and Bradley Stoke

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

S&P GLOBAL COMMODITY INSIGHTS

S&P GLOBAL COMMODITY INSIGHTS, A DIVISION OF S&P GLOBAL

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