AwardedFind a Tender · award

Black Duck Software Licence Subscription

BuyerNPL Management Limited

StatusAwarded

DeadlineNot published

ValueValue not published

Published9 Jun 2026

What is being bought

Black Duck 4 year licence subscription to the following products: Black Duck SCA, Black Duck Binary Analysis, Black Duck Coverity, Black Duck Defensics, Black Duck Seeker, Black Duck Software Risk Manager, Black Duck Polaris Platform, Black Duck Code Sight.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published

Dynamic purchasing systemNot published

Competitive procurementNot published

Recurring requirementNot published

Procurement method rationaleNPL are buying Black Duck proprietary software from Black Duck. As there are no resellers there is no competition and as this service is not available via a compliant Procurement framework NPL must therefore award directly.

Rationale classificationssingleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Special regimeNot published

Covered byNot published

Submission policyNot published

Selection criteriaNot published

Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published

No-engagement rationaleNot published

Planning documents0

Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

1

Statusactive

SupplierBlack Duck Software Limited

Contracts

1

Statusactive

Value£2,240,000

Documents & submission route

Not published

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

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Latest release ID	054284-2026
Latest release timestamp	Tue Jun 09 2026 12:37:14 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	complete
Procurement method	direct
Procurement method details	Direct award
Main procurement category	Not published
Above threshold	Not published
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	Not published
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	Not published
Submission method details	Not published
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	Not published
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	0
Tender documents in source	1
Awards in latest release	1
Contracts in latest release	1
Parties in latest release	2

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
9 Jun 2026	award, contract	054284-2026
9 Jun 2026	award, contract	054248-2026
5 Mar 2026	award, contract	020106-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON

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Complete JSON history (3 releases)

9 Jun 2026 · 054284-2026 · award, contract

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9 Jun 2026 · 054248-2026 · award, contract

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5 Mar 2026 · 020106-2026 · award, contract

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