BTA2231 Databricks Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: VisitBritain/VisitEngland

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable

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

Awarded value£232,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 27 Oct 2026no call for competition

Awarded to MANUKA AI LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

We are running a POC for Genie Natural Language (NLP) and looking for a Databricks partner to provide additional Databricks engineering services to build the NLP data models

CPV: Information technology services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Procurement using GCA's Framework RM1557.14 G-Cloud 14Awarded

Delivery: UK

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
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: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 30 Oct 2026, 10:59 GMT
Last source update: 30 Oct 2026, 10:59 GMT
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-103069
Classification (CPV): Information technology services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07946e Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: GCA's G-Cloud 14 Framework Agreement (RM1557.14) was used, search results & shortlisting led to 3 suppliers that were capable of delivering the requirements and their proposals were evaluated to award to the most economically advantageous response based on a mix of 80% quality and 20% price.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £232,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 31 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 27 Oct 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
MANUKA AI LIMITEDSME	£232,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 103069-2026-1 · MANUKA AI LIMITEDSME
Signed
27 Oct 2026
Value
£232,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic	1	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

VisitBritain/VisitEngland

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawTourism 4th Floor, Victoria Square House, Victoria Square, Birmingham, London, B2 4AJContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

British Tourist Authority t/a VisitBritain/VisitEnglandReview bodyReview contact point BirminghamContact email
Royal Court of Justice, The StrandMediation body LondonContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Manuka AI LimitedAwarded supplier10403421 100 CATHEDRAL APPROACH, SALFORD, M3 7FB, Salford, UK, M3 7FBContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.