Official UK procurement notice
Automotive Guides 2026-2028 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Home Office (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe provision of a dataset of vehicles (including motorbikes and commercial vehicles) that contain eSIMs. The Dataset must include:
-Vehicle
-Make
-Model
-Year of manufacture
-Contains an eSIM?
-Bought in SIM?
-Network operator
-OEM (original equipment manufacturer)
This must be provided in either a searchable database or via a portal from which the information can be downloaded twice a year. The dataset must go back as far as 2016, and be updated in line with the bi-annual release of new car registrations.
CPV: Automotive elements · Subscription services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 7 Nov 2025, 12:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Apr 2026, 15:35 BST
- Authority reference
P_19407- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-031055- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05dcadFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- —
Timeline
7 Nov 2025 → 2 Apr 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published353 days ago7 Nov 2025, 12:05 GMT
- Market engagement339 days ago21 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
If you are interested in this project and technically capable of meeting the requirements please answer the following and send your responses along with any questions to [email protected] by 5pm on 21st November 2025:
- Can you provide the guides in the requested format and ensure they are kept up-to-date in line with the bi-annual release of new car registrations?
- Where do you source the guides from, i.e. do you create or produce the guides in-house, or purchase/procure them from elsewhere (please give details)? Are you a re-seller?
- Do you have the retrospective data from 2016 or can you source it?
- Next notice expected287 days ago12 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts209 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published207 days ago2 Apr 2026, 15:35 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Nov 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published7 Nov 2025, 12:05 GMTUK2
- Contract details notice published2 Apr 2026, 15:35 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete2 Apr 2026, 15:35 BST
- Procurement method changed2 Apr 2026, 15:35 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SBD Automotive | £96,332 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · SBD Automotive
- Signed
- 3 Mar 2026
- Value
- £96,332
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SBD AutomotiveAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender