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title: "Provision of Wagtail Consultancy Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06ef4e"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Office for National Statistics"
published: "2026-09-01"
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# Provision of Wagtail Consultancy Services

Buyer: Office for National Statistics  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06ef4e

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082544-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,057,968 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Office for National Statistics |
| Locality | NEWPORT |
| Postcode area | Newport |
| Postcode | NP10 8XG |
| Country | Wales |
| ITL 1 | TLL Wales |
| ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales |
| ITL 3 | TLL54 Monmouthshire and Newport |
| Local authority | Newport |
| Electoral ward | Tredegar Park and Marshfield |
| Westminster constituency | Newport West and Islwyn |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Torchbox Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72260000 - Software-related services

## Release History

- 1 Sep 2026 at 11:19 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082544-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.ons.gov.uk

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