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Actian Software Licenses Support & Maintenance (2026-2029)

No classification published
Location not published
Published value
£3,500,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Department for Work & Pensions: "Actian Software Licenses Support & Maintenance (2026-2029)". Published status: complete. Published value: £3,500,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for Work & PensionsScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£3,500,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Department for Work & Pensions
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Department for Work & Pensions. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
1Bids / Report
100% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Veran Performance LimitedTop vendor: 88.9% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 128 active published awards; 1 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Veran Performance Limited1 win£5,500,000
Gartner UK Limited1 win£469,500
Copyright Licensing Agency1 win£119,479
O'REILLY MEDIA INC1 win£99,450
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for Work & Pensions
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published2 Jul 2026, 12:22 BST
Last source update2 Jul 2026, 12:22 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-064bac
What is being bought
Provision of Actian Software Licenses Support & Maintenance (2026-2029)
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    2 Jul 2026, 12:22 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    19 Jun 2026, 11:01 BST
  3. tender value changed
    10 Feb 2026, 16:13 GMT
  4. Status changed to complete
    10 Feb 2026, 16:13 GMT
  5. Official notice release published
    10 Feb 2026, 16:13 GMT
  6. Published value updated to £3,500,000
    9 Feb 2026, 17:03 GMT
  7. Status changed to planned
    9 Feb 2026, 17:03 GMT
  8. Official notice release published
    9 Feb 2026, 17:03 GMT
  9. Buyer information updated
    9 Feb 2026, 17:03 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    2 Jul 2026, 12:22 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST · £8,500,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
ACTIAN EUROPE LIMITED
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Actian Software License Subscription Renewal (2026 - 2029)
£8,500,000 · signed 1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST · active
Contract period: 1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST — 21 Feb 2029, 23:59 GMT
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Department for Work & Pensions

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PJCP-7274-TLRQ
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  • Department for Work & Pensions
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PJCP-7274-TLRQ
    Caxton House, 6-12 Tothill Street, London, SW1H 9NA, London, UKI32, SW1H 9NA, GB
    sylwia.blasiak@dwp.gov.uk

  • Actian Europe Limited
    supplier

    GB-COH: 05490314
    Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London, UKI31, EC4N 6AF, GB
    aidan.king@hcl-software.com
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied

  • Not published

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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe Department has used OpenRoad and Ingress software to support three legacy business applications that cannot operate without it. The right to use the software is available only from Actian under a subscription licence, and no alternative supplier can provide the required licence. The Department therefore intends to make a direct award under Section 41, relying on the Schedule 5 justification that only a particular supplier can supply the required software