Official UK procurement notice
ELT SOCET GXP - GeoAnalysis Bundle UE - Software Licenses
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Contract value (direct award)£329,640≈ £165k / year · £412,050 inc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Next notice expected 31 Oct 2025
Contract term 2 yrsends 30 Oct 2027 · starts 1 Nov 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionContinuation of services (license renweal) for training.
CPV: Software support services
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
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Defence & security
- 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
- 14 Oct 2025, 14:14 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Nov 2025, 15:49 GMT
- Authority reference
715663458- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-073664- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05cc55Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
Continuation of SOCET Licences and support only route is through BAE. Strategicly significant for training.
Review and risk notes
- Risks
Low risk - Licences are bought and capability has contiuned.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
14 Oct 2025 → 13 Nov 2025 · 4 dates- Planning notice published379 days ago14 Oct 2025, 14:14 BST
- Next notice expected361 days ago31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts361 days ago1 Nov 2025
- Latest notice published349 days ago13 Nov 2025, 15:49 GMT
Notice history
9 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Oct 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published14 Oct 2025, 14:14 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published31 Oct 2025, 10:37 GMTUK2
- Pipeline notice published31 Oct 2025, 10:40 GMTUK1
- Status changed to planned31 Oct 2025, 10:40 GMT
- Procurement method changed31 Oct 2025, 10:40 GMT
- Transparency notice published31 Oct 2025, 11:12 GMTUK5
- Status changed to complete31 Oct 2025, 11:12 GMT
- Transparency notice published13 Nov 2025, 15:49 GMTUK5
- Contract signature expected26 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Published amendments (1)
(DSP errors not allowing CAN to be retrospectivly published) Contract was awarded at the beginning of Oct 25
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-10: 2 releases · 14 Oct 2025, 31 Oct 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £329,6401 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published26 Nov 2025 – 30 Oct 2027Amended: DSP technical errors - UK5 re-upload | £329,640 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender