Data Management and UK-AIR

Official notice

Authority: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Central government)

Direct award

Sectors: Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: Delivery location not published

Awarded value£661,302published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 27 May 2026no call for competition

Awarded to Ricardo AEA Ltd2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This contract provides data management and the provision of webservices for the UK-AIR website. This direct award is to allow the decommission of the UK-AIR website as we replace the web services with new GOV.UK based dissemination methods.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

90731100 Air quality management

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: 28 May 2026, 16:07 BST
Last source update: 25 Jun 2026, 09:57 BST
Authority reference: C34308
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-059684
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06a807 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification: This is a justifiable direct award under the Procurement Act 2023 Schedule 5, the justification of the relevant paragraphs of this schedule are detailed below.
Schedule 5, paragraph 6
(a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and
(b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

8 Jun 2026 → 25 Jun 2026 · 2 dates

Standstill ends133 days ago
8 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice published117 days ago
25 Jun 2026, 09:57 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 May 2026

Transparency notice published
28 May 2026, 16:07 BST
UK5
Contract award notice published
28 May 2026, 16:13 BST
UK6
Contract signature expected
10 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
scheduled
Contract details notice published
25 Jun 2026, 09:57 BST
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £661,3021 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Contracts signed 1latest 16 Jun 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Ricardo AEA Ltd11 Jun 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2028Extensions: 1 year optional extension · Options: 1 year optional extension period. 10 months + 1	£661,302same award published again · counted once	27 May 2026standstill to 8 Jun 2026	Standstill
Ricardo AEA Ltd	£661,302 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Data Management and UK-AIR · Ricardo AEA Ltd
Signed
16 Jun 2026
Value
£661,302
Period
17 Jun 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2028 with extensions
Status
active
Extensions
1 year extension
Options
1 year extension option
No agreed KPIs: Under KPI reporting threshold

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PNBD-3289-CDGX Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, London, SW1P 4DFContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Ricardo-AEA LtdAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PRWX-2796-TVZH The Gemini Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, South East, OX11 0QRContact 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 Tender25 Jun 2026, 09:57 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender28 May 2026, 16:13 BST
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender28 May 2026, 16:07 BST