Find a TenderAwardedContract details notice
Published 10 Sept 2025, 16:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Design Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: ORDNANCE SURVEY LIMITED (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdConcessionSME suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Concession value (operator's revenue)£270,000operator revenue, not the authority's budget
Submissions closed 6 Oct 2025awarded 9 Jan 2026
Awarded to Catch A Fire Limited
Contract term 2 yrsends 16 Nov 2027 · up to 16 Nov 2028 with extensions · starts 17 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Ordnance Survey (OS) is Great Britain’s National Mapping Service, providing the trusted location data that underpins everyday life. From transport and utilities to housing and logistics, our data supports critical infrastructure, public services, and economic growth. OS also supports the nation getting outside with the award-winning OS Maps app and other OS products, including guidebooks and physical products.

OS maintains the National Map, a vast database of over 600 million geospatial features, updated 20,000 times a day. Our expertise in location intelligence helps businesses, government, and communities make smarter decisions — whether planning sustainable cities, managing climate risks, or improving connectivity — because everything happens somewhere.

As part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), we are driving the future of geospatial insights, ensuring Britain remains a leader in location data, and enabling a better-connected, more efficient, and resilient nation.

This contract has been awarded to Catch A Fire Limited to act as an extension of the OS in-house design team. The contract is for an initial two years (with an optional 12-month extension).

This contract value is up to £300,000. This amount is not guaranteed and will flex depending on the amount.

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 18 Oct 2029, 00:59 BST.

CPV: Design consultancy services · Design support services · Marketing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 2 yrsPublished value£270,000
Contract period: 17 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2027 (2 yrs) · up to 16 Nov 2028 with extensionsValue: £270,000 exc. VAT · £324,000 inc. VAT
Extensions: Options to extend are subject to satisfactory performance throughout the life of the contract and Ordnance Survey’s confirmation of funding availability (budget). OS reserves the right not to take such extension option(s) if OS identifies that the Supplier (or associated party) has been added to the procurement debarment list during the contract term.

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Simple description: Full details of award criteria can be found in the Instructions for Tendering Documents.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Concession
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · next expected 18 Oct 2029
First published
10 Sept 2025, 16:45 BST
Last source update
4 Feb 2026, 14:09 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 31 Oct 2025
Authority reference
BS.0210
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-055566
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Design consultancy servicesDesign support servicesMarketing services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0597fe Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

10 Sept 2025 → 4 Feb 2026 · 8 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    10 Sept 2025, 16:45 BST
  2. Clarification questions by376 days ago
    6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline376 days ago
    6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by350 days ago
    31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract starts334 days ago
    17 Nov 2025
  6. Assessment summaries sent281 days ago
    9 Jan 2026
  7. Standstill ends269 days ago
    20 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  8. Latest notice published255 days ago
    4 Feb 2026, 14:09 GMT

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Sept 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    10 Sept 2025, 16:45 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    9 Jan 2026, 16:17 GMT
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    9 Jan 2026, 16:17 GMT
  4. Contract signature expected
    26 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  5. Contract details notice published
    4 Feb 2026, 14:09 GMT
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £300,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 3331 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Jan 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Catch A Fire LimitedSMEDesign Services Agency27 Jan 2026 – 26 Jan 2028 · up to 26 Jan 2029Extensions: The option for an additional 12-month extension, subject to performance£300,0009 Jan 2026Awarded

Contracts

  • Design Services Agency · Catch A Fire LimitedSME

    Signed
    29 Jan 2026
    Value
    £300,000
    Period
    30 Jan 2026 – 29 Jan 2028 · up to 26 Jan 2029 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    The option for an additional 12-month extension, subject to performance

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
33final-stage tenders310—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

ORDNANCE SURVEY LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-COH: 09121572 Explorer House Adanac Drive, Southampton, South East, SO16 0ASContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Catch A Fire LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 11041401 1 st floor, The Old Winery, Lamberhurst Vineyard, Lamberhurst, South East, TN3 8ERContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender