Official UK procurement notice
GRC Cloud Service · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Student Loans Company (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRe-procurement of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Cloud service.
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
- 13 Jan 2026, 12:27 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Jan 2026, 10:58 GMT
- Authority reference
2025-TR-0139- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-006988- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060493Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
A change in supplier would result in incompatibility and disproportionate technical difficulties. Therefore, a Direct Award to MetricStream is justified under Schedule 5, paragraph 7:
Additional or repeat goods, services or works
- The public contract concerns the supply of goods, services or works by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to, or partial replacement of, existing goods, services or works in circumstances where-
(a) a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and
(b) the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
22 Jan 2026 → 27 Jan 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends270 days ago22 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published266 days ago27 Jan 2026, 10:58 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Jan 2026- Transparency notice published13 Jan 2026, 12:27 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published13 Jan 2026, 12:33 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected23 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published27 Jan 2026, 10:58 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| METRICSTREAM UK LIMITED23 Jan 2026 – 20 Jan 2028 | £538,048 | 13 Jan 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
GRC Cloud Service · METRICSTREAM UK LIMITED
- Signed
- 23 Jan 2026
- Value
- £538,048
- Period
- 23 Jan 2026 – 20 Jan 2028
- Status
- active
- Options
- Configuration services are included on a call-off basis to deliver enhancements to meet new and emerging business use cases or service-related requirements.
1 agreed KPI: Service Level Availability
- Service Level Availability, 99.90%
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- METRICSTREAM UK LIMITEDAwarded 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