---
title: "DDaT26481-Funding Policy Assurance Platform costs"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078e2b"
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# DDaT26481-Funding Policy Assurance Platform costs

Buyer: UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078e2b

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

****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

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100107-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 22 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 22 Oct 2026 - 22 Oct 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £17,107 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION |
| Locality | SWINDON |
| Postcode area | Swindon |
| Postcode | SN2 1FL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK71 Swindon |
| Local authority | Swindon |
| Electoral ward | Rodbourne Cheney |
| Westminster constituency | Swindon North |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | WELLCOME TRUST |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems

## Release History

- 22 Oct 2026 at 15:32 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100107-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100107-2026
  22nd October 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

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