Official UK procurement notice
AV Data Workstream - Technical Advisory Support
Authority: Department for Transport (Central government)
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£600,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 17 Mar 2026no call for competition
Awarded to NSEE-UK Ltd2 awards
What is being bought
Published requirement description- DfT requires specialist expertise from industry, organisations and individuals that covers a range of specialist technical delivery requirements including, but not limited to, experience of working with GDS, DfT Digital, and DfT’s agencies to achieve accreditation of digital systems (including submission of Secure By Design documentation), a detailed understanding of the requirements of the AV Act 2024, and experience of managing third party delivery partners to pass the GDS and relevant spend control assessments. This paper seeks to establish the reasons for a Single Tender Action (STA) to acquire services from NSEE-UK Ltd.
- As per the Procurement Act 2023, the reason for requesting this STA comes under 6(a): where competition is absent for technical reasons. This is due to the niche specialist skillset, experience, and expertise required from government, industry, and the wider marketplace. There is only a limited number of active industry players who can offer advisory services to DfT due to the nature of the AV Data Workstream, which is in a highly technical but relatively immature position (i.e. the discovery phase) with a small policy and delivery team that is continuing to upskill in line with the wider AV Act Implementation Programme.
- By contracting NSEE-UK Ltd on this basis, this will allow the AV Data Workstream to continue as expected with low-risk to delivery and still meet the expectations of ministers and high interest, high influence stakeholders from across the AV Act Implementation Programme.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 11 Mar 2026, 14:10 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Apr 2026, 12:49 BST
- Authority reference
TFTS3042- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-034175- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066750Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
- As per the Procurement Act 2023, the reason for requesting this STA comes under 6(a): where competition is absent for technical reasons. This is due to the niche specialist skillset, experience, and expertise required from government, industry, and the wider marketplace. There is only a limited number of active industry players who can offer advisory services to DfT due to the nature of the AV Data Workstream, which is in a highly technical but relatively immature position (i.e. the discovery phase) with a small policy and delivery team that is continuing to upskill in line with the wider AV Act Implementation Programme.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
27 Mar 2026 → 15 Apr 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends212 days ago27 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published194 days ago15 Apr 2026, 12:49 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Mar 2026- Transparency notice published11 Mar 2026, 14:10 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published17 Mar 2026, 16:19 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected30 Mar 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published15 Apr 2026, 12:49 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value £600,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Apr 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NSEE-UK Ltd6 Apr 2026 – 6 May 2027 · up to 5 Apr 2029Extensions: If required and services provided is to the required standard then extension options may be appropriate. | £600,000 | 17 Mar 2026standstill to 27 Mar 2026 | Standstill |
| NSEE-UK Ltd | £700,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
AV Data Workstream - Technical Advisory Support · NSEE-UK Ltd
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2026
- Value
- £700,000
- Period
- 6 Apr 2026 – 6 May 2027 · up to 6 May 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- If services are required after the intial term the Department reserves the right to extend for up to 24 months, in 12 month increments
No agreed KPIs: KPI's not appropriate
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- NSEE-UK LtdAwarded supplier
- NSEE-UK LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender