Official UK procurement notice
ID 5897841 - DAC 39/25 - DOF - LPS - Avgen Support and Maintenance
Authority: Department of Finance (Central government)·On behalf of: CPD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract is for the provision of Support and Maintenance of the Avgen application to
maintain capability and business continuity to deliver asset valuations for financial reporting
purposes until transfer to the new 'asset valuation' application.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- 4 Apr 2025, 13:52 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Apr 2025, 15:58 BST
- Authority reference
ID 5897841- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-018125- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fd60Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
This Direct Award to a single supplier is justified on the grounds set out under paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 of Procurement Act 2023 where the following conditions are met in relation to the public contract - Page 4 to 6
(a)due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and
(b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
24 Apr 2025 → 30 Apr 2025 · 2 dates- Standstill ends24 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published30 Apr 2025, 15:58 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Apr 2025- Transparency notice published4 Apr 2025, 13:52 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published11 Apr 2025, 15:34 BSTUK6
- Buyer details updated11 Apr 2025, 15:34 BST
- Contract signature expected25 Apr 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published30 Apr 2025, 15:58 BSTUK7
- Buyer details updated30 Apr 2025, 15:58 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| RED RIDGE SOLUTIONS LIMITED1 May 2025 – 31 Mar 2027 | £370,000 | 11 Apr 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
ID 5897841 - DAC 39/25 - DOF - LPS - Avgen Support and Maintenance · RED RIDGE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- Signed
- 29 Apr 2025
- Value
- £370,000
- Period
- 1 May 2025 – 31 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: The value of this contract is not above the relevant threshold of £5 million including VAT.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
4 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- CPDBeneficiary authority
- CPD - Supplies & Services DivisionProcess contact pointProcuring entityConstruction and Procurement Delivery - Supplies and Services Division, is a Centre of Procurement Expertise and provides a central procurement function for central government in Northern Ireland.
- Department of Finance (Northern Ireland)Contracting authorityPublic authority - central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- RED RIDGE SOLUTIONS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- RED RIDGE SOLUTIONS 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