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Provision of Wagtail Consultancy Services

Office for National Statistics

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01 Sep 2026 at 11:19

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Summary of the contracting process

The Office for National Statistics bought Wagtail consultancy services for its content management system and website transformation programme. The requirement was access to specialist Wagtail expertise to address an internal knowledge gap and provide additional support to complete the transformation. The work falls within software-related services. Delivery covers the United Kingdom. The buying organisation is the Office for National Statistics, based in Newport. The requirement was arranged as one lot and included an option to increase the maximum call-off value under the relevant public procurement regulations. This is a specialist digital consultancy opportunity for suppliers with practical experience of Wagtail and content management system delivery, particularly where they can support a public-sector website transformation rather than provide general software services.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded. It used a limited procedure negotiated without publication of a contract notice, under the RM1557.14 G-Cloud 14 framework, with the stated rationale that the services repeat existing services. Torchbox Ltd was selected for the single lot. The active contract was signed on 23 February 2024 and has a stated contract period from 23 February 2025 to 23 February 2027. Its recorded value is £1,057,968. The buyer sought authority to increase the call-off maximum by £528,984, from £1,057,968 to £1,586,952; this is a maximum value for a statement-of-work call-off and is not committed spend. The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement.

This award demonstrates established demand from the Office for National Statistics for specialist Wagtail consultancy supporting a large public-sector content management system and website transformation. A credible future competitor would need demonstrable Wagtail expertise, including the ability to advise on the platform, fill client-side knowledge gaps and provide hands-on support to complete transformation work. Experience of delivering or improving public-sector websites would be relevant, as would the capacity to work within a framework call-off and deliver separate statements of work. Suppliers should be able to provide dependable specialist resource for a complex national organisation, work collaboratively with its existing teams and show how they manage continuity, technical quality and delivery risk across an ongoing digital transformation programme.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Provision of Wagtail Consultancy Services

Notice Description

Wagtail Consultancy Services - Content Management System

Lot Information

Lot 1

Content Management System - Wagtail expertise The scope of this requirement is to provide access to Wagtail expertise that can fill our knowledge gap. ONS requires additional support to complete the website transformation.

Options: Under Public Procurement Regulations 2015 for contract let under RM1557.14 Gcloud 14 to increase the call off max value by 50%. from PS1,057,968 by PS528,984 to PS1,586,952

Procurement Information

Contract let under Public Procurement Regulations 2015 RM1557.14 Gcloud 14. Contract Start date 23rd February 2025. Contract End date 23rd February 2027 The scope of this requirement is to provide access to Wagtail expertise that can fill our knowledge gap. ONS requires additional support to complete the website transformation. ONS is seeking to increase the max contract value with Torchbox Ltd from PS1,057,968 by PS528,984 to PS1,586,952. As this is a Statement of Work call off contract this is not a committed spend. Increasing max value call off by 50% as allowed by the Public regulations 2015.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ef4e
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082544-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

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
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1,057,968 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Sep 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Office for National Statistics
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NEWPORT
Postcode
NP10 8XG
Postcode Area
Newport
Country
Wales
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLL Wales
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLL5 South East Wales
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLL54 Monmouthshire and Newport
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Newport
Electoral Ward
Tredegar Park and Marshfield
Westminster Constituency
Newport West and Islwyn

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Torchbox Ltd

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