Official UK procurement notice
Soft Services - Consumables
Authority: UK Hydrographic Office (Central government)
Sectors: Food, beverages, tobacco and related products (15) Delivery: South West (UKK)
Awarded value£225,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 21 Sept 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Compass Contract Services (U.K.) Limited, trading as ESS Government Services2 awards
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionConsumable items for the UKHO Soft Services contract under the Hestia Contract
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- 21 Sept 2026, 14:43 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Sept 2026, 14:53 BST
- Authority reference
4500065324- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-089249- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07769bFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
ESS are the UKHO Soft Services provider and they are purchasing the consumables items for the delivery of this service.
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Sept 2026- Transparency notice published21 Sept 2026, 14:43 BSTUK5
- Contract details notice published21 Sept 2026, 14:53 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected21 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value £225,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 2latest 21 Sept 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compass Contract Services (U.K.) Limited, trading as ESS Government ServicesSMEConsumables for Soft Services22 Sept 2026 – 30 Jun 2027 | £225,000 | — | Awarded |
| Compass Contract Services (U.K.) Limited, trading as ESS Government ServicesSME | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Consumables for Soft Services · Compass Contract Services (U.K.) Limited, trading as ESS Government ServicesSME
- Signed
- 21 Sept 2026
- Value
- £225,000
- Period
- 22 Sept 2026 – 30 Jun 2027
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Not applicable
Consumables for Soft Services · Compass Contract Services (U.K.) Limited, trading as ESS Government ServicesSME
- Signed
- 21 Sept 2026
- Value
- £225,000
- Period
- 22 Sept 2026 – 30 Jun 2027
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Not applicable
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- COMPASS CONTRACT SERVICES (U.K.) LIMITEDAwarded 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 details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender