Official UK procurement notice
Corporate subscription to the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS)
Authority: Defence Infrastructure Organisation - Ministry of Defence (Central government)
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£139,500published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 29 May 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Building Cost Information Service Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) corporate subscription to the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) for a fixed three‑year term commencing 1 June 2026. BCIS provides the UK’s most comprehensive and authoritative construction cost datasets, indices, forecasting models, schedules of rates and whole‑life cost tools.
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
- 29 May 2026, 15:27 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Jun 2026, 13:05 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-051374- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a919Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
- Published justification
The propriety License belongs to suppier BCIS
Review and risk notes
- Risks
Due to this being a right to use a database license, there are no known risks.
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 May 2026- Transparency notice published29 May 2026, 15:27 BSTUK5
- Transparency notice published1 Jun 2026, 12:55 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published1 Jun 2026, 13:05 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected10 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £139,5001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Cost Information Service Ltd10 Jun 2026 – 9 Jun 2029Amended: Amended to include Supplier details. | £139,500 | 29 May 2026 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Building Cost Information Service LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender