Black Duck Software Licence Subscription

Official notice

Authority: NPL Management Limited (Public body)

Direct award

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£2,240,000published award · exc. VAT

Awarded 16 Mar 2026no call for competition

Awarded to Black Duck Software Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

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.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK

72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Procedure 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: 5 Mar 2026, 16:28 GMT
Last source update: 9 Jun 2026, 13:37 BST
Authority reference: PO00020204
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-054284
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-066384 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification: NPL 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.

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Mar 2026

Transparency notice published
5 Mar 2026, 16:28 GMT
UK5
Contract award notice published
9 Jun 2026, 12:33 BST
UK6
Contract details notice published
9 Jun 2026, 13:37 BST
UK7
Contract signature expected
20 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £2,240,0001 award exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 9 Jun 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Black Duck Software Limited20 Jun 2026 – 31 Mar 2030	£2,240,000	16 Mar 2026	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 1 · Black Duck Software Limited
Signed
9 Jun 2026
Value
£2,240,000
Period
20 Jun 2026 – 31 Mar 2030
Status
active
No agreed KPIs: Key Performance Indicators have not been established for this procurement because the arrangement relates solely to the purchase of software (a product), rather than the delivery of an ongoing service.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NPL Management Limited

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-COH: 02937881 · GB-PPON: PYDB-8862-JBYM National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, London, TW11 0LWContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Black Duck Software LimitedAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PPZC-4127-JTXQ 6th Floor, South Bank House Barrow Street, Dublin 4, IE, D04 TR29, IEContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender9 Jun 2026, 13:37 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender9 Jun 2026, 12:33 BST
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender5 Mar 2026, 16:28 GMT