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DDaT26481-Funding Policy Assurance Platform costs

UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION

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22 Oct 2026 at 15:32

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

UK Research and Innovation bought software and information systems for its Funding Policy Assurance Platform. The requirement is described as platform costs, indicating a purchase linked to the platform rather than a wider software implementation. UK Shared Business Services Ltd managed the procurement on UKRI’s behalf. The recorded delivery location is the United Kingdom; no more specific delivery site is identified. The selected supplier, Wellcome Trust, is a large organisation and a voluntary, community or social enterprise. The procurement was classified as goods, with the software package and information systems category (CPV 48000000).

The procurement is complete and the contract is active. UKRI awarded the single lot to Wellcome Trust through a direct award without competition, below the relevant threshold. The stated reason was that only one supplier could provide the requirement for technical reasons and there were no reasonable alternatives. The contract was signed on 21 October 2026 and runs from 22 October 2026 to 22 October 2027. Its value is £17,107.98 excluding VAT and £20,529.58 including VAT. The award record gives no separate award date or value. Evaluation criteria are not recorded; the route was a non-competitive award rather than a competition.

For a future requirement of this kind, a credible supplier would need to show that it can provide the specific software or information-system capability needed for UKRI’s Funding Policy Assurance Platform, and explain how its offer meets the technical requirement. The stated justification for selecting Wellcome Trust was that competition was absent for technical reasons and there were no reasonable alternatives, so evidence of a genuinely suitable solution and of its distinctiveness would be central to competing if the requirement is revisited. Suppliers should be able to support a relatively contained, below-threshold platform-related purchase, rather than assuming a large-scale software transformation. The award establishes that UKRI has bought this type of platform-related service from a large VCSE supplier.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

DDaT26481-Funding Policy Assurance Platform costs

Notice Description

****THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION**** This procurement is being concluded without competition due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works requires and there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works. Brief description Funding Policy Assurance Platform costs

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-078e2b
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100107-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

CPV Codes

48000000 - Software package and information systems

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£17,107 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
22 Oct 20264 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
22 Oct 2026 - 22 Oct 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
UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SWINDON
Postcode
SN2 1FL
Postcode Area
Swindon
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK71 Swindon
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Swindon
Electoral Ward
Rodbourne Cheney
Westminster Constituency
Swindon North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

WELLCOME TRUST

Further Information

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