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title: "12607455 - FIDDO - Fuels Information and Data for Defence Organisations"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04ece3"
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# 12607455 - FIDDO - Fuels Information and Data for Defence Organisations

Buyer: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04ece3

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## Summary

The Ministry of Defence (MoD), through its Operational Energy Authority (OEA), has awarded a contract titled "FIDDO - Fuels Information and Data for Defence Organisations" for data supply services in the Defence sector. The awarded supplier is S&P Global Commodity Insights, a division of S&P Global Inc. This contract falls under the "services" category and involves the provision of international fuels market information and price monitoring. The contract, valued at approximately £3,692,753.38 (GBP), was signed on 26 March 2025 and is set for a duration of five years. The procurement method used was a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, justified by the unique technical capabilities required for this contract.

This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in data supply services, especially those capable of providing comprehensive commodity market pricing data. Organisations with expertise in fuels, data services, and data management could find competitive advantages in similar contracts. Additionally, businesses that can innovate and enhance the efficiency of international market information and pricing models may also find this sector rewarding. With the MoD actively seeking specialised data management capabilities, this contract highlights the importance of exclusive data offerings to meet the specific needs of defence operations.

## Notice

The Operational Energy Authority's Defence Support Team manage the Bulk Fuels Contracts for the provision of Bulk Marine, Aviation, and Road fuel worldwide, for all Front Line Commands. The Authority has an enduring requirement to provide a capability for users across Defence to obtain up-to-date international fuels market information, monitor prices of fuels purchased under extant and future Contracts and for forward forecasting and budgeting. 712607455 - FIDDO - Fuels Information and Data for Defence Organisations - Contract Award Notice- Following on from conclusion and expiry of VTN published 13 March 2025 via Find a Tender Service (FTS)

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Operational Energy Authority's Defence Support Team manage the Bulk Fuels Contracts for the provision of Bulk Marine, Aviation, and Road fuel worldwide, for all Front Line Commands. The Authority has an enduring requirement to provide a capability for users across Defence to obtain up-to-date international fuels market information, monitor prices of fuels purchased under extant and future Contracts and for forward forecasting and budgeting.

### Procurement Information

The Operational Energy Authority (OEA), part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), following a publication of a VTN, is placing a 'Fuels Information and Data for Defence Organisations (FIDDO)' contract with S&P Global Inc. (S&P) for renewal of the MoD's Platts Market Data user licence. Platts Market Data provides international commodity market pricing data, against which all OEA managed fuels contracts are benchmarked. The contract will provide a five (5) year Platts Market Data user licence, and have an estimated value of PS4,500,000 (inclusive of VAT). In accordance with the provisions of The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 SI No. 2020/1319, this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) as amended (in particular by SI 2020/1319). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate. It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for technical reasons. Platts Market Data is the only data source able to provide the full spectrum of data for all fuel types across all required locations and is crucial to the pricing of future contracts, variation of price elements in extant contracts and to the continuity of supply of fuel to Front-Line Commands. The data is proprietary to S&P and its licences are non-transferable between users. No other economic operator is able to meet this requirement.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011847-2025 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 28 Mar 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 13 Mar 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £7,097,488 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | MINISTRY OF DEFENCE |
| Locality | BRISTOL |
| Post town | Bristol |
| Postcode | N/A |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England |
| ITL 3 | TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire |
| Local authority | South Gloucestershire |
| Electoral ward | Stoke Park & Cheswick |
| Westminster constituency | Filton and Bradley Stoke |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 2 |
| Supplier names | S&P GLOBAL COMMODITY INSIGHTS; S&P GLOBAL COMMODITY INSIGHTS, A DIVISION OF S&P GLOBAL |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 09 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 09100000 - Fuels
- 72300000 - Data services
- 72313000 - Data capture services
- 72319000 - Data supply services
- 72322000 - Data management services

## Release History

- 28 Mar 2025 at 15:56 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011847-2025
- 13 Mar 2025 at 15:10 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009266-2025

## Notice URLs

- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence

## Provenance

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