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UK5 - Tri Service Information Portal - New Version

Ministry of Defence

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29 Jul 2026 at 14:18

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17 Jul 2026 at 09:51

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07 Jul 2026 at 15:05

UK5 - Transparency Notice
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07 Jul 2026 at 13:44

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Ministry of Defence procured recruitment services through a new version of its Tri-Service Information Portal, also described as the Tri-Service Job Information Portal. The service supports recruitment for armed forces personnel and provides a military-specific job information and recruitment platform. The requirement covers continuation, operation and maintenance of a bespoke platform used by the Authority, including a platform that is Secure by Design certified and ready for operational use. The buying organisation is the Ministry of Defence, based in London. The procurement was for services rather than goods or construction, with the relevant classification being job search services. The requirement was treated as a single package and was identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises, although the award was made to a particular supplier.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded to Oleeo Limited following a direct award. The award date was 30 June 2026, and the contract was signed on 29 July 2026. The contract runs from 29 July 2026 to 30 September 2027. Its value is £638,159.72 excluding VAT and £765,791.66 including VAT. The Authority relied on the Procurement Act 2023, Section 41 and Schedule 5 paragraph 6, citing technical reasons: only the incumbent was considered able to operate and maintain the existing certified platform because it held the required know-how, technical information and source code. The Authority also cited continuity requirements, unavoidable certification timescales, an absence of reasonable alternatives and the need to avoid interruption to an operationally necessary service.

This award indicates demand for suppliers able to deliver and support secure, bespoke recruitment technology for the armed forces. A credible future competitor would need experience operating and maintaining an established recruitment or job information platform, together with the technical capability to understand and support military-specific requirements. Secure by Design certification, or the ability to meet equivalent assurance and certification requirements, would be important. Suppliers would also need robust service continuity arrangements, operational support capacity and access to the technical information needed to maintain a live platform. The Authority’s decision shows that continuity, readiness for use, platform-specific know-how and certification capability were decisive. Businesses with these capabilities, particularly specialist recruitment technology providers and secure government-platform support firms, are the most relevant comparators.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

UK5 - Tri Service Information Portal - New Version

Notice Description

Tri Service Informartion Portal - recruitment service for armed forces personel

Procurement Information

The Authority, the Ministry of Defence ("MOD") intends to award a contract for 12 months with a value of PS658697.73 to Oleeo Ltd for Tri-Service Job Information Portal. It is considered that the direct award to the Supplier is permitted under Section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023 relying on the direct award justification set out in paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 for technical reasons. "6) The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract (a)due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works." The current contract for this provision was placed in 2019 and is due to expire in September 2026. The Authority's long term strategy is to carry out a competition for a replacement platform. To avoid a gap in service continuity whilst the Authority carries out a procurement process for the replacement platform, it requires the continuation of the current recruitment platform that is bespoke for military specific purposes, is Secure by Design certified and ready to go live in September 2026. The Authority considers that only the Supplier can deliver the services in accordance with this requirement. No supplier other than the incumbent has access to specific know-how, technical information and source code that is required to operate and maintain the existing certified platform. If an alternative supplier was to deliver the required military bespoke recruitment platform, a certification process would be required before the platform could be used. As the certification timelines are unavoidable, the Authority considers that only the Supplier is able to meet the requirement of providing a military bespoke certified platform within the required timescales. For these reasons, the Authority considers that there is an absence of competition for technical reasons as only the Supplier can deliver the Authority requirement of delivering a certified bespoke recruitment platform that is ready to go live in September 2026, and there are no reasonable alternatives to these services. A failure to maintain the existing in-service certified tri-service job information platform would leave an operationally necessary service unavailable to the Authority.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c53a
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/071747-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79611000 - Job search services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£638,159 £500K-£1M
Contracts Value
£638,159 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
29 Jul 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
30 Jun 20262 months ago
Contract Period
29 Jul 2026 - 30 Sep 2027 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Ministry of Defence
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1A 2HB
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

OLEEO PLC

Further Information

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