Notice Information
Notice Title
Janes Enterprise Agreement Lite
Notice Description
Defence Digital, part of the Ministry of Defence, intends to award a Enterprise Agreement Lite to Jane's Group UK Limited (Janes) for the supply of software licenses to access Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) databases, taxonomies and analysis. The Enterprise Lite Agreement will act as a contracting mechanism to facilitate the purchase of software licenses for a period of 3 years.
Procurement Information
- Single supplier - intellectual property or exclusive rights - Single Supplier - technical reasons It is considered that this contract can be awarded under section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023 because the direct award justifications specified in Paragraphs 5 (single supplier - intellectual property rights) and Paragraph 6 (single supplier - technical reasons) of Schedule 5 apply. This is because Janes provide the world's only comprehensive, unclassified, and up-to-date technical intelligence on military equipment across air, sea, land, and space domains. Janes is the sole owner and licensor of its proprietary OSINT databases, methodologies and taxonomies. There are no reasonable alternatives.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0663da
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/052679-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79980000 - Subscription services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £17,500,000 £10M-£100M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Jun 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 6 Mar 20263 months ago
- Contract Period
- 17 Jun 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1A 2HB
- 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
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/052679-2026
4th June 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020263-2026
6th March 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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