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BLC0218a Crypto Capabilities: Storage and Realisation

BlueLight Commercial

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

13 Oct 2026 at 15:38

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

16 Feb 2026 at 13:00

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Bluelight Commercial Limited established a framework for the Home Office to provide secure cryptocurrency storage and related services during legal proceedings. The service is intended to safeguard cryptoassets while cases progress and enable assets to be returned to their owners or victims, or sold. The requirement combines secure custody with the capability to realise digital assets and support their lawful return or disposal. The framework is for use by the Home Office and a range of policing, law-enforcement, justice and related public bodies. Services are delivered across the United Kingdom, including Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey. The procurement is classified as services, with associated goods, and includes software-related services.

The procurement has been awarded to one supplier, whose identity is withheld on national security grounds. Eight bids were received and one bidder reached the final stage. The award was made on 12 October 2026; its status is pending. The award value is £40 million excluding VAT (£48 million including VAT). The framework contract period is stated as 1 December 2026 to 30 November 2030, with extension options allowing a maximum term of eight years, to 30 November 2034. It is a single-supplier framework using a competitive flexible procedure, with direct award call-offs and no reopening of competition. Evaluation weighted quality and technical criteria at 50%, price at 40% and social value at 10%, following participation conditions and a non-disclosure agreement; top-scoring bidders were subject to solution demonstrations.

For a future requirement of this kind, credible suppliers would need to demonstrate secure custody of cryptocurrency and the operational capability to preserve assets through legal proceedings, then return them to owners or victims or realise them through sale. The service must support sensitive law-enforcement and public-sector use across the UK and Crown Dependencies. The selection process tested participation conditions, technical and quality responses, pricing and social value, and included demonstrations to verify that the proposed solution met requirements. Suppliers should therefore be able to evidence a working solution, deliver secure handling and asset realisation at public-sector scale, and substantiate their technical claims in a demonstration. The selected model was a single-supplier framework with direct-award call-offs and commission-only payment following realisation, so relevant commercial experience should encompass that service and payment arrangement. The successful bidder was an SME, demonstrating that the requirement was not limited to large suppliers.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

BLC0218a Crypto Capabilities: Storage and Realisation

Notice Description

This Contract Award Notice is to establish a single-operator framework behalf of the Home Office to provide a secure crypto storage and services. This framework will support the delivery of the Economic Crime Plan 2 through provision of secure storage of cryptoassets during legal proceedings and ensuring assets can be returned to owners, returned to victims or sold. The contracting authority is withholding from publication as part of this notice the name, address and other identifying information about the successful supplier, under the exemption provided by section 94(1)(a) of the Act (general exemption from duties to publish or disclose information), on the grounds that withholding this information from publication or other disclosure is necessary for the purpose of safeguarding national security.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: The initial contract period will be for four (4) years, after such time the Authority may extend the term of the Framework by any number of defined periods, (each period a minimum of 1 year), provided that the total duration of the Framework Term does not exceed eight (8) years. The framework duration is longer than 4 years because assets may be held by the supplier for longer than 4 years.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0654d8
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096668-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

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

CPV Codes

48100000 - Industry specific software package

48442000 - Financial systems software package

72260000 - Software-related services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£40,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£40,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
£40,000,000 £10M-£100M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
12 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Contract Period
1 Dec 2026 - 30 Nov 2030 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Pending
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
BlueLight Commercial
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1P 3JS
Postcode Area
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
Not specified
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Supplier N/A

Further Information

Notice Documents

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