Official UK procurement notice
Evidential Scanning Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: HM Revenue & Customs (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is seeking to establish a single supplier for the provision of evidential scanning services.
The service will support HMRC's Fraud Investigation Service (FIS) teams' efforts to bring the most harmful tax evaders to justice. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) requires HMRC to provide its evidence electronically, which, if required, is also used for Electronic Presentation of Evidence (EPE).
Accordingly, the service has specific requirements to preserve the integrity of physical documents, ensure that digital copies are an accurate and complete representation of the original documents, and protect evidential material from loss, damage, tampering or unauthorised access.
The Supplier shall provide dedicated secure storage and processing facilities for HMRC material, with access restricted to authorised personnel and used solely for the delivery of the Services.
The Supplier must maintain a complete chain of custody for all evidential material throughout receipt, storage, processing, scanning, transfer and disposal activities.
Pursuant to Regulation 18(2)(z) of the Procurement Regulations 2024, HMRC has identified the following specific, known risks which cannot be fully quantified, priced, or resolved at the time of contract award, and which may impact the value of this contract:
The service will be delivered on an ad hoc and demand led basis, and HMRC does not guarantee any minimum volumes. Demand may fluctuate throughout the contract term as a result of operational, investigative, legislative, or policy-drive factors, including, but not limited to, changes in case volumes, enforcement activity, or wider business needs.
These known risks may result in actual volumes and total contract spend being materially higher or lower than the estimated levels provided. Any volumes stated by HMRC in the tender documents are historic and/or indicative estimates only and shall not constitute a commitment or obligation.
Suppliers must acknowledge and accept this variability and shall ensure that its capacity, scalability, and commercial arrangements are sufficiently flexible to accommodate fluctuations without adversely affecting service delivery or performance.
CPV: Document management services · Scanning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£500,000
- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
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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).
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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).
- Quality: Quality will account for 90% of the overall evaluation. Further information, including the quality question breakdown, is provided within the Further Competition document, located in the event in SAP Ariba
- Social Value: Social Value will account for 10% of the overall evaluation. Further details are provided within the tender event in SAP Ariba
- Pricing: Weighted against the quality criteria using the Price per Quality Point (PQP) evaluation methodology. Please see the Tendering Instructions attached to the SAP Ariba event for further details.
- Economic & financial standing
Please see the SAP Ariba event for details of the legal and financial capacity conditions of participation for this contract.
- Technical & professional ability
Please see the SAP Ariba event for details of the legal and financial capacity conditions of participation for this contract.
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
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 15 Jul 2026, 12:14 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Aug 2026, 16:10 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 14 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
SR2890586655- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-073344- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cbd9Find a Tender
- Risks
Pursuant to Regulation 18(2)(z) of the Procurement Regulations 2024, HMRC has identified the following specific, known risks which cannot be fully quantified, priced, or resolved at the time of contract award, and which may impact the value of this contract:
The service will be delivered on an ad hoc and demand led basis, and HMRC does not guarantee any minimum volumes. Demand may fluctuate throughout the contract term as a result of operational, investigative, legislative, or policy-drive factors, including, but not limited to, changes in case volumes, enforcement activity, or wider business needs.
These known risks may result in actual volumes and total contract spend being materially higher or lower than the estimated levels provided. Any volumes stated by HMRC in the tender documents are historic and/or indicative estimates only and shall not constitute a commitment or obligation.
Suppliers must acknowledge and accept this variability and shall ensure that its capacity, scalability, and commercial arrangements are sufficiently flexible to accommodate fluctuations without adversely affecting service delivery or performance.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 24 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
- Suppliers who wish to participate in public procurements are required to register on the Government's Central Digital Platform (CDP). Suppliers can submit their core supplier information and, where a procurement opportunity arises, share this information with HMRC via the CDP. It is free to use and will mean you should no longer have to re-enter your core supplier information for each public procurement but simply ensure it is up to date and subsequently share as needed. The CDP is available at www.gov.uk/findtender ↗.
- This procurement will be conducted by way of an eSourcing event using HMRC's SAP Ariba eSourcing Portal. Please ensure you are registered with the eSourcing Portal to gain access to the procurement documentation when it is released which will contain full details of the requirement.
If you are not already registered, the registration link is: hmrc.sourcing-eu.ariba.com/ad/selfRegistration ↗
As part of the registration process you will receive a system generated email asking you to activate your SAP Ariba supplier account by verifying your email address. Once you have completed the activation process you will receive a further email by return confirming the 'registration process is now complete' and providing you with 'your organisation's account ID' number. If an email response from HMRC is not received within one working day of your request, please re-contact [email protected] (after first checking your spam in-box) notifying non-receipt and confirming when your registration request was first made.
Once you have obtained 'your organization's account ID' number, please email [email protected] and copy in [email protected] & [email protected] with your:
Contract title and Reference
Your organisation's HMRC SAP Ariba account ID
Your organisation name
Your name
Your email address
Your telephone number.
Once you have complied with the foregoing you will receive an e-mail confirming access to the procurement event once it is built. Further information about HMRC's procurement tool SAP Ariba, a Suppliers Guide and general information about supplying to HMRC is available on the HMRC website: www.hmrc.gov.uk/about/supplying.htm ↗
If you have already registered on SAP Ariba then you may also need to re-register on HMRC's SAP Ariba in order to be added to the event.
Tenders must be submitted via the SAP Ariba event for this procurement, in the formats specified in the tendering instructions provided in the event.
Tenders submitted by other means will not be considered by HMRC.
Timeline
15 Jul 2026 → 27 Oct 2026 · 6 dates- Planning notice published103 days ago15 Jul 2026, 12:14 BST
- Tender notice published84 days ago3 Aug 2026, 16:10 BST
- Clarification questions by63 days ago24 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline55 days ago1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by12 days ago14 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts5h ago27 Oct 2026
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Jul 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published15 Jul 2026, 12:14 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published3 Aug 2026, 16:10 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £500,0003 Aug 2026, 16:10 BST
- Status changed to active3 Aug 2026, 16:10 BST
- Procurement method changed3 Aug 2026, 16:10 BST
- Deadline published: 1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST3 Aug 2026, 16:10 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender