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title: "Selective and Additional Licensing Schemes"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0788b0"
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buyer: "Luton Council"
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# Selective and Additional Licensing Schemes

Buyer: Luton Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0788b0

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097557-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 2 Nov 2026 - 30 Oct 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £3,500,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Luton Council |
| Locality | LUTON |
| Postcode area | Luton |
| Postcode | LU1 2BQ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLH21 Luton |
| Local authority | Luton |
| Electoral ward | Central |
| Westminster constituency | Luton South and South Bedfordshire |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | HOME SAFE DELIVERY PARTNERS LTD |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

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

## Release History

- 15 Oct 2026 at 14:59 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097557-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097557-2026
  15th October 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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