Official UK procurement notice
Datalynx testbed Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Home Office (Central government)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£650,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 26 Jan 2026no call for competition
Awarded to DATALYNX LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWe are developing new capabilities to ingest data from policing to support enhanced analytics for Police Reform and Policy Development. Various capabilities are available and to support the best value for money decision, we would like to test the likely best options with data held by Datalynx in their proprietary system. Therefore a contract is required with Datalynx for them to support the testing using the data that is held on their system.
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
- 26 Jan 2026, 18:32 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Feb 2026, 08:37 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-017134- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060f11Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Datalynx are the only wupplier who holds the data required for the demonstrations
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
13 Feb 2026 → 26 Feb 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends255 days ago13 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published243 days ago26 Feb 2026, 08:37 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Jan 2026- Transparency notice published26 Jan 2026, 18:32 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published4 Feb 2026, 14:21 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected16 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published26 Feb 2026, 08:37 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £650,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 16 Feb 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| DATALYNX LIMITED16 Feb 2026 – 7 Oct 2026 | £650,000 | 26 Jan 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Datalynx testbed Services · DATALYNX LIMITED
- Signed
- 16 Feb 2026
- Value
- £650,000
- Period
- 16 Feb 2026 – 7 Oct 2026
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: n/a
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- DatalynxAwarded 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 award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender