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title: "Arctic Shores UNA Pro assessment platform"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078041"
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# Arctic Shores UNA Pro assessment platform

Buyer: Department for Work and Pensions  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078041

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## Summary

The Department for Work & Pensions bought a game-based behavioural assessment platform for its Talent Centre of Expertise. The solution uses task-based assessments to provide insight into participants’ behaviours, strengths, decision-making styles, learning agility, resilience, problem-solving capability and leadership potential. It supports a pilot across several talent cohorts, intended to test the approach’s effectiveness, accessibility, inclusivity and scalability, and to assess user experience, stakeholder feedback, the quality of insights, potential diversity benefits and the contribution of behavioural assessment data to talent decisions. The work is delivered across England, covering the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East and South West.

The procurement is complete and the contract has been awarded to Arctic Shores Limited. The Department used a below-threshold direct award without competition. The single lot was awarded, and the contract is active. The contract was signed on 5 October 2026 and runs from 6 October 2026 to 5 April 2027, an initial six-month pilot period. Its value is £27,400 excluding VAT and £32,880 including VAT. The assessment platform and pilot are classified as staff training services. The published procurement information gives no award date separate from the contract signing date.

For suppliers seeking to compete when the Department for Work & Pensions next requires behavioural assessment for talent decisions, this award shows demand for a game-based platform using task-based methods. A credible provider would need to generate useful, objective insight into behaviours, strengths, decision-making, learning agility, resilience, problem-solving and leadership potential across multiple talent cohorts. The pilot’s focus also points to the importance of accessible and inclusive assessments that can scale, alongside evidence of a good participant experience, useful stakeholder feedback and high-quality outputs. Suppliers should be able to demonstrate how assessment data informs talent decisions and whether it can bring diversity benefits. The contract was awarded directly without competition, so this outcome does not establish a competitive evaluation model or published qualification requirements.

## Notice

Arctic Shores UNA Pro assessment platform. The Talent Centre of Expertise (TCoE) wishes to procure a game-based behavioural assessment solution to support pilot activity with approximately 200 participants across multiple talent cohorts. The assessment platform uses task-based methodologies to provide objective insight into participant behaviours, strengths, decision-making styles, learning agility, resilience, problem-solving capability, and leadership potential. The pilot will evaluate the effectiveness, accessibility, inclusivity, and scalability of the Arctic Shores assessment approach across several talent cohorts. Outcomes will be used to assess user experience, stakeholder feedback, quality of insights, potential diversity benefits, and the value that behavioural assessment data can add to talent decision-making processes. The pilot will run for an initial six-month period. Processed by SSCL

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093594-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 6 Oct 2026 - 5 Apr 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £27,400 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Department for Work and Pensions |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1H 9NA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Arctic Shores Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80511000 - Staff training services

## Release History

- 5 Oct 2026 at 08:38 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093594-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093594-2026
  5th October 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.arcticshores.com
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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