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Selective and Additional Licensing Schemes

Luton Council

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15 Oct 2026 at 14:59

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Luton Council is procuring an integrated property licensing service for its Selective and Additional Licensing Schemes. The service covers administration of both licensing schemes, ongoing validation of property data, property inspections and secure data sharing with the Council’s systems. This combines software and operational support for the Council’s property licensing and regulatory work. The service is for delivery in Luton. The procurement is classified as IT services, covering consulting, software development, internet and support.

The procurement has been awarded to Home Safe Delivery Partnership Ltd through a direct award. The award is recorded as pending. The stated award value is £3.5 million excluding VAT (£4.2 million including VAT). The contract period runs from 2 November 2026 to 30 October 2028, with an option to extend by four months, up to 1 March 2029. The award date is not stated. Luton Council chose a direct award under the Procurement Act 2023, citing the need for an immediate, risk-free transition and the absence of a reasonable alternative able to meet its statutory launch timetable without disproportionate transition costs or delay. The requirement is a single lot; no separate lot awards are recorded.

For suppliers considering comparable property licensing work for Luton Council, this award indicates demand for an end-to-end service that combines a specialist licensing platform with operational delivery. A credible competitor would need to manage both Selective and Additional Licensing workflows, keep property data validated, carry out inspections and securely integrate with Council systems. The Council’s rationale makes readiness and implementation capability especially important: it required pre-configured workflows and immediate platform readiness, rather than an initial discovery, workflow-mapping and configuration phase or a prolonged data migration. Suppliers would need to demonstrate that they can transition service without disrupting regulatory enforcement or delaying statutory obligations. The selected supplier is an SME, showing that this requirement was not limited to a large provider, although competitors would still need sufficient capacity to deliver the integrated service.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Selective and Additional Licensing Schemes

Notice Description

The Council requires a fully integrated service that can manage Selective and Additional Licensing, maintain ongoing data validation, carry out property inspections, and securely share data with Council systems.

Procurement Information

The Contracting Authority conducted Preliminary Market Engagement to identify market capability for an end-to-end Property Licensing Service. While two market participants demonstrated capability utilizing specialized property licensing platforms (including Metastreet), objective evaluation confirmed a technical absence of competition under Schedule 5, Paragraph 4 of the Procurement Act 2023 regarding immediate, risk-free transition. One respondent's proposal requires an initial phase of discovery, workflow mapping, and system configuration to align separate licensing streams. The Authority has a critical, immediate statutory timeline that cannot accommodate a phased implementation or data-migration loop without severe operational disruption to regulatory enforcement. Home Safe Delivery Partnership Ltd is the exclusive supplier demonstrating immediate, unconditional platform readiness with fully pre-configured workflows tailored to the Authority's live launch requirements. No reasonable alternative or substitute exists that meets the necessary immediate implementation timeline without introducing disproportionate transition costs and statutory delay.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0788b0
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097557-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK5 - Transparency Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

CPV Codes

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£3,500,000 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
15 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
2 Nov 2026 - 30 Oct 2028 1-2 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
Luton Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LUTON
Postcode
LU1 2BQ
Postcode Area
Luton
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH21 Luton
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Luton
Electoral Ward
Central
Westminster Constituency
Luton South and South Bedfordshire

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

HOME SAFE DELIVERY PARTNERS LTD

Further Information

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