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title: "EoI - Lead Manager Services for HMT for pilot DIGIT"
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# EoI - Lead Manager Services for HMT for pilot DIGIT

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/eoi-lead-manager-services-for-hmt-for-pilot-digit-ocds-h6vhtk-0672ca). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** HM Treasury: "EoI - Lead Manager Services for HMT for pilot DIGIT". Published status: active. Published Value: £0. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 31 Mar 2026, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [HM Treasury](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/hm-treasury-gov-d15)
- **Published Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 31 March 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Financial markets administration services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/eoi-lead-manager-services-for-hmt-for-pilot-digit-ocds-h6vhtk-0672ca#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0672ca`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/eoi-lead-manager-services-for-hmt-for-pilot-digit-ocds-h6vhtk-0672ca#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission method:** Expression of Interest responses to be submitted via email to digit@hmtreasury.gov.uk

## Description
HM Treasury (the Authority) is procuring for the lead manager services to support the issuance of the Digital Gilt Instrument (DIGIT). The Authority is working closely with the UK Debt Management Office in delivering this procurement process. This procurement follows the appointment of HSBC as the Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) supplier for the DIGIT pilot in February 2026. DIGIT will be an entirely new, digitally native, UK Government debt instrument, issued onto HSBC's Orion platform. HSBC Orion will be operating within the Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS). 
With this pilot, the government is seeking to explore how DLT can be applied across the lifecycle of the debt issuance process and catalyse the development of DLT in UK financial markets.
As part of the initial selection stage, interested suppliers are required to complete a qualification questionnaire and non-disclosure agreement, then submit to the Authority as instructed within the DIGIT Lead Manager Services - Expression of Interest document provided in this notice. 
Please submit your completed questionnaire and signed NDA via email to Digit@hmtreasury.gov.uk no later than noon UK time on 31 March 2026.
This contract is exempt from the Procurement Act 2023 in line with Schedule 2 to that Act, therefore the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this procurement or contract.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 66150000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £0

- **Contract Period:** 31/05/2026 to 31/05/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F026845-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-03-24T14:02:45.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T18:16:32.776Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0672ca