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Published 29 Sept 2026, 09:17 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Income Tax Self-Assessment Ecosystem Data and Integration - Innovation-Led Proof of Concept

Authority: HM Revenue & Customs (Central government)

ServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableAccelerated
Published estimate£291,667£350,000 inc. VAT · 3 value updates
Submission deadline 12 Oct 202614:00 BST · 11d 11h left
Clarification cut-off 2 Oct 202617:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 5 mostarts 4 Jan 2027
Bids per lot · this authority 3division 48 · n=5 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has launched a competitive procurement for the delivery of an innovation-led Proof of Concept (PoC) exploring how emerging technologies, richer transaction data and integrations across banking, payment, fintech and software ecosystems could support increased simplification and accuracy within Income Tax Self Assessment (ITSA).

The PoC will build, test and evaluate a working technical demonstrator. Its purpose is to generate evidence and learning, rather than develop a live service or commit HMRC to a specific future solution.

This work supports HMRC's Transformation Roadmap and aligns with HMRC's Strategic Approach to Third Party Software. It explores how banking, payments, fintech and software ecosystems can help customers manage their tax affairs through the products and services they already use, reducing administrative effort, improving visibility of tax obligations and helping customers get their tax right first time, while building on a thriving and innovative market.

Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax provides the digital foundations for ITSA and continues to roll out. Innovation across banking, payments, fintech and software markets presents opportunities to develop, test and better understand ecosystem approaches to support more efficient and effective tax administration that makes it simpler for customers to meet their tax responsibilities.

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For many ITSA customers, software and fintech products already provide valuable automation and support, helping many customers to manage their tax affairs more efficiently. However, richer data, improved standards and greater interoperability may create opportunities to further enhance transaction categorisation and apportionment, reducing customer effort, supporting customer experience and ensuring more accurate tax outcomes.

HMRC wants to test and learn with the market how banks, payment providers, fintechs and software platforms can build on existing capabilities to deliver more integrated, accurate and customer-centred tax experiences, while supporting a thriving and innovative software ecosystem.

The central question for the PoC is: to what extent can future enhanced data, ecosystem integrations, and interventions reduce customer effort, improve customer experience and improve accuracy across more aspects of Income Tax Self Assessment?

HMRC welcomes ideas from suppliers which innovate further, building on today, and looking towards future capabilities. Suppliers are welcome to bid independently or in partnership to build, test and evaluate an end-to-end working technical demonstrator of enhanced future capabilities and integrations. Alongside SMEs, HMRC anticipates that this procurement will be suitable for participation by consortia involving banks, payment providers, fintechs and accounting software providers.

  • How the procedure runs: This competitive flexible procedure will be conducted in 2 stages. HMRC reserves the right to amend this process at the beginning of each stage by updating this tender instruction document or by issue of letters to bidders participating in the relevant stage. Any updates will be issued simultaneously to all suppliers via SAP Ariba. more…The 2 stages will be as follows: Stage 1: Invitation to submit initial tender - Video submissions and Pre-Selection Questionnaire (PSQ) Stage 2: Final tender - Solution presentation, demonstration, and written tender STAGE 1: (a) Stage 1 commenced with the issuing of a Tender Notice and the publication of this document. (b) This document includes a procurement specific questionnaire (PSQ) and quality questions at Schedules 1 and 2 which all suppliers are required to complete and return in accordance with the Procurement Timetable and instructions within this document. (c) HMRC will use this stage to firstly confirm that neither the supplier, nor any related persons within its corporate group, associated persons relied on to meet the conditions of participation, or proposed sub-contractors are listed on the Cabinet Office debarment list. To the extent that any such entities are listed on the debarment list, HMRC will consider whether to exclude the supplier from participating in the Procurement in accordance with its obligations under the Act. (d) In addition, HMRC will consider whether any supplier or related persons within its corporate group, associated persons relied on to meet the conditions of participation, or proposed sub-contractors are excluded or excludable suppliers, and before HMRC determines that a supplier is an excluded or excludable supplier, it will provide the supplier reasonable opportunity to make representations and provide evidence as is proportionate in the circumstances. If the supplier is an excluded or excludable supplier only by virtue of an associated person or proposed sub-contractor, HMRC will notify the supplier of its intention to exclude the supplier and provide the supplier with reasonable opportunity to replace the associated person or sub-contractor. If as a consequence of this process HMRC excludes the supplier from participating in the Procurement, or is aware of an associated person or sub-contract having been replaced, it will give notice of this fact within 30 days of its decision to the Procurement Review Unit (PRU). (e) HMRC will also undertake a review of the completed PSQ with reference to any information held on the Central Digital Platform. Responses to any conditions of participation will be assessed in accordance with the selection process and any selection criteria as set out in the Tender Notice, PSQ and described in this document. (f) The assessment of suppliers utilising PSQ, as detailed above, will be undertaken prior to the evaluation of bid submissions for stage 1. Suppliers are required to submit their PSQ through Ariba. (g) As part of their stage 1 submission, alongside the PSQ, suppliers must submit a video up to a maximum of 5 minutes duration providing their response to the questions set out in Schedule 2: Quality Evaluation Criteria. (h) Suppliers should submit a video using the instructions provided in Section 7.5 'Stage 1 video submission' below. Additionally, suppliers must submit a transcript of their video, with a maximum of 750 words. (i) The video and associated 750-word transcript must cover the questions set out in Schedule 2: Quality Evaluation Criteria. The supplier should note that the transcript must answer the questions set out in Schedule 2: Quality Evaluation Criteria, and that the video should be used for supplementary presentation and delivery purposes only - i.e. information that is not well suited to communicating via written (the transcript) or spoken word. For example, acceptable video content would include (but is not limited to) demonstrations, animations, graphs and charts, supporting visual/practical aids etc.). HRMC reserves the right to exclude bidders who utilise the video submission to provide excessive additional content which could have been adequately conveyed in the speech of the video and accompanying transcript. For example, unacceptable video content would include (but is not limited to) a PowerPoint presentation that features significant text that the bidder intends the evaluators to assess over and above the 750-word transcript. (j) Stage 1 will complete with suppliers being notified in writing of whether or not they have been successfully shortlisted to participate in stage 2. (k) HMRC intends to shortlist a maximum of 3 suppliers to participate in stage 2. (l) HMRC may, at its discretion, invite a bidder to form a partnership or consortium with another competitor. (m) Suppliers should note that HMRC reserves the right to re-assess any response to the PSQ, in light of any new relevant information that comes to HMRC's attention. Suppliers selected to participate in Stage 2 will received a fixed amount of funding of £8,000 exVAT to support their continued participation in the process. Full details are included in the competition documents available upon registration. Conditions of participation may be included in any stage. Where included this will be communicated in the letter or instructions for that stage.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1 5 moSMEPublished value£291,667
Contract period: 4 Jan 2027 — 7 Jun 2027 (5 mo)Eligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: UKTurnover guideline: ~£583,333/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£291,667 exc. VAT · £350,000 inc. VAT
48000000 Software package and information systems72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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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).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored
Quality: 100%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES - Delivering for HMRC — 25%
  • PROPOSAL - Income Tax Self-Assessment Ecosystem Data and Integration - Innovation-Led Proof of Concept — 75%
Published award criteria (2)
  • SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES - Delivering for HMRC — With reference to Attachment B - Specification (Stage 1), Attachment C - HMRC Detailed Problem Statement and Attachment D - Preliminary Market Engagement Slides, please demonstrate your skills, expertise, ability and capacity to deliver against HMRC's problem statement. Your response must include: a) An overview of your capabilities as an organisation, b) If bidding in partnership or consortium, an overview of the members within the partnership or consortium and your expected division of responsibilities and capabilities. This question will be scored based on how well the response answers the question and any evaluation criteria included in the question in line with the scoring matrix contained in Table 1 above. Please confirm that you have addressed this question in your response. Your written transcript response and video submission will be evaluated together.
  • PROPOSAL - Income Tax Self-Assessment Ecosystem Data and Integration - Innovation-Led Proof of Concept — With reference to Attachment B - Specification (Stage 1), Attachment C - HMRC Detailed Problem Statement and Attachment D - Preliminary Market Engagement, please set out your proposed solution. Your proposed solution does not need to be fully developed at this initial stage, but your response must make clear that your idea is fundamentally viable and deliverable for HMRC within the available timeframe. Your response should include: 1. Your proposed future-state vision. 2. What enhanced data you would utilise. 3. What integrations would be required. 4. How customer interventions would work. 5. How your approach addresses: mis-categorisation; mis-apportionment; gross vs net ambiguity 6. How your approach could: improve accuracy; reduce customer effort; improve customer experience. 7. Why your concept is technically and operationally credible. The assessment criteria and weighting within this question will be as follows: Understanding of the challenge Understanding of the Income Tax Self-Assessment challenges being explored, including the problem areas: • categorisation, • apportionment, • gross/net identification And the accuracy, customer effort and customer experience challenges they present. Innovation and technical vision How convincingly your proposed future-state approach demonstrates the potential for enhanced data, ecosystem integrations, interventions and confidence-based automation beyond capabilities of today, to improve tax outcomes. Data and ecosystem proposition The credibility and potential value of the proposed ecosystem participants, data sources, integrations and technologies, including transparency regarding any legal, commercial, operational or technical barriers, dependencies and assumptions. Quality of the proposed measurement approach How convincingly you explain what evidence your proposed concept could generate. How you would demonstrate improvements in transaction: • categorisation, • apportionment, • gross/net identification, • confidence-based automation (if used), • customer (or agent) effort, and • customer experience. Suppliers should be transparent about any assumptions, limitations, dependencies or gaps. How you can enable HMRC's independent testing. This question will be scored based on how well the response answers the question and any evaluation criteria included in the question in line with the scoring matrix contained in Table 1 above. Bidders must score at least 50 unweighted points on this question to be eligible to proceed to stage 2. Scoring 50 or higher is no guarantee of being shortlisted for stage 2. Please confirm that you have addressed this question in your response. Your written transcript response and video submission will be evaluated together.

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How HM Revenue & Customs buys Software package and information systems (CPV 48) — and who usually turns up

HM Revenue & Customs’s own published record, next to the Greater London market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Software package and information systems (CPV 48) →

1

How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

HM Revenue & Customs

contract notices in 36 months: 14 in division 48 (1 without competition · 5 route not published) · 59 in all categories (10 without competition · 24 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 48), last 36 months: 5 lots. 4 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 2.5) and 1 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

3division 48 · 36m · n=5 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 48), last 36 months: 5 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

0%division 48 · 36m · n=5 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 9 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimateall categories · 36m · n=9 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 48), last 36 months: 4 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

99ddivision 48 · 36m · n=4 notices
Notice updates
i

How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.

Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 96 notices.

Last 24 months.

0all categories · 24m · n=96 notices
Awarded without competition
i

How often this buyer awards without a competition.

Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 48), last 36 months: 9 notices.

Last 36 months.

11%division 48 · 36m · n=9 notices
Bids per lot robust · n=5
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 5 lots on 5 contested notices · division 48, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 0%
  • 2–3 60%
  • 4–6 20%
  • 7+ 20%

Middle value 3 · 5 lots on 5 contested notices · division 48.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=9
i

How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 9 lot pairs · all categories, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 33%
  • Within ±2% 67%
  • Above estimate 0%

9 lot pairs · all categories.

The market · authority’s region

Greater London · Software package and information systems (CPV 48)

contract notices delivered in Greater London in 36 months: 474 in division 48 (202 competed, 140 route not published) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 48), last 36 months: 98 lots. 42 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 56 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

4division 48 · 36m · n=98 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 48), last 36 months: 98 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

14%division 48 · 36m · n=98 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 48), last 36 months: 45 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

1% belowdivision 48 · 36m · n=45 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 48), last 36 months: 48 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

63ddivision 48 · 36m · n=48 notices
SME bidders
i

How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.

SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 48), last 36 months: 54 lots.

Last 36 months.

43%division 48 · 36m · n=54 lots
Winners based in the region
i

How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.

Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 48), last 36 months: 195 awards.

Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.

Last 36 months.

62%division 48 · 36m · n=195 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=98
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 98 lots on 87 contested notices · division 48, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 14%
  • 2–3 31%
  • 4–6 32%
  • 7+ 23%

Middle value 4 · 98 lots on 87 contested notices · division 48.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=45
i

How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 45 lot pairs · division 48, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 44%
  • Within ±2% 22%
  • Above estimate 33%

45 lot pairs · division 48.

robust · n=9
i

Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.

We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.

Based on this buyer’s own usual movement over 9 lots (all categories), applied to the £291,667 estimate on this notice.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

The middle award in HM Revenue & Customs (all categories, n=9 pairs) lands at estimate: on this notice’s £291,667 that is about £291,667. Context for a bid, not a recommended price.
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Who you are likely to meet
i

Who you may be up against.

Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.

A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.

Suppliers on this authority’s earlier similar contracts, then suppliers with a matching track record — from published award history, not a bid list

Suppliers with a similar track record — and how they price
i

Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.

Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.

A guess from the record, not a bidder list.

SupplierEvidenceLast awardTheir award vs estimateRelevance
DIGI2AL Ltd SME9 class wins2 months agoat estimate n=161%
boxxe Limited Large22 class wins · 3 lots for this buyerthis monthat estimate n=158%
APPVIA Ltd SME9 class wins2 months agono comparable pairs58%
Public Group International Ltd 9 class winsthis monthat estimate n=457%
LITTLE FISH (UK) LIMITED 9 class wins2 months agono comparable pairs57%

Matched by the nightly worker on class wins, buyer history, delivery geography, scale and notice text; relevance is a 0–100% heuristic score, not a probability of bidding. “Their award vs estimate” is that supplier’s middle value on its own comparable single-supplier wins. Nobody here is known to be bidding.

Coverage and what to read with care
  • Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Competitive flexible procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
29 Sept 2026, 09:17 BST
Last source update
29 Sept 2026, 09:17 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 11 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
Authority reference
SR3258288667
Accelerated
State of urgency
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b96c Find a Tender
How it runs
This competitive flexible procedure will be conducted in 2 stages. HMRC reserves the right to amend this process at the beginning of each stage by updating this tender instruction document or by issue of letters to bidders participating in the relevant stage. Any updates will be issued simultaneously to all suppliers via SAP Ariba. The 2 stages will be as follows: Stage 1: Invitation to submit initial tender - Video more…submissions and Pre-Selection Questionnaire (PSQ) Stage 2: Final tender - Solution presentation, demonstration, and written tender STAGE 1: (a) Stage 1 commenced with the issuing of a Tender Notice and the publication of this document. (b) This document includes a procurement specific questionnaire (PSQ) and quality questions at Schedules 1 and 2 which all suppliers are required to complete and return in accordance with the Procurement Timetable and instructions within this document. (c) HMRC will use this stage to firstly confirm that neither the supplier, nor any related persons within its corporate group, associated persons relied on to meet the conditions of participation, or proposed sub-contractors are listed on the Cabinet Office debarment list. To the extent that any such entities are listed on the debarment list, HMRC will consider whether to exclude the supplier from participating in the Procurement in accordance with its obligations under the Act. (d) In addition, HMRC will consider whether any supplier or related persons within its corporate group, associated persons relied on to meet the conditions of participation, or proposed sub-contractors are excluded or excludable suppliers, and before HMRC determines that a supplier is an excluded or excludable supplier, it will provide the supplier reasonable opportunity to make representations and provide evidence as is proportionate in the circumstances. If the supplier is an excluded or excludable supplier only by virtue of an associated person or proposed sub-contractor, HMRC will notify the supplier of its intention to exclude the supplier and provide the supplier with reasonable opportunity to replace the associated person or sub-contractor. If as a consequence of this process HMRC excludes the supplier from participating in the Procurement, or is aware of an associated person or sub-contract having been replaced, it will give notice of this fact within 30 days of its decision to the Procurement Review Unit (PRU). (e) HMRC will also undertake a review of the completed PSQ with reference to any information held on the Central Digital Platform. Responses to any conditions of participation will be assessed in accordance with the selection process and any selection criteria as set out in the Tender Notice, PSQ and described in this document. (f) The assessment of suppliers utilising PSQ, as detailed above, will be undertaken prior to the evaluation of bid submissions for stage 1. Suppliers are required to submit their PSQ through Ariba. (g) As part of their stage 1 submission, alongside the PSQ, suppliers must submit a video up to a maximum of 5 minutes duration providing their response to the questions set out in Schedule 2: Quality Evaluation Criteria. (h) Suppliers should submit a video using the instructions provided in Section 7.5 'Stage 1 video submission' below. Additionally, suppliers must submit a transcript of their video, with a maximum of 750 words. (i) The video and associated 750-word transcript must cover the questions set out in Schedule 2: Quality Evaluation Criteria. The supplier should note that the transcript must answer the questions set out in Schedule 2: Quality Evaluation Criteria, and that the video should be used for supplementary presentation and delivery purposes only - i.e. information that is not well suited to communicating via written (the transcript) or spoken word. For example, acceptable video content would include (but is not limited to) demonstrations, animations, graphs and charts, supporting visual/practical aids etc.). HRMC reserves the right to exclude bidders who utilise the video submission to provide excessive additional content which could have been adequately conveyed in the speech of the video and accompanying transcript. For example, unacceptable video content would include (but is not limited to) a PowerPoint presentation that features significant text that the bidder intends the evaluators to assess over and above the 750-word transcript. (j) Stage 1 will complete with suppliers being notified in writing of whether or not they have been successfully shortlisted to participate in stage 2. (k) HMRC intends to shortlist a maximum of 3 suppliers to participate in stage 2. (l) HMRC may, at its discretion, invite a bidder to form a partnership or consortium with another competitor. (m) Suppliers should note that HMRC reserves the right to re-assess any response to the PSQ, in light of any new relevant information that comes to HMRC's attention. Suppliers selected to participate in Stage 2 will received a fixed amount of funding of £8,000 exVAT to support their continued participation in the process. Full details are included in the competition documents available upon registration. Conditions of participation may be included in any stage. Where included this will be communicated in the letter or instructions for that stage.

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via SAP Ariba
Submission portal named on this notice: SAP Ariba · Who buys & how to bid on SAP Ariba
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free buyer-specific invitations
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
12 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
Clarification deadline
2 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
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: http://hmrc.sourcing-eu.ariba.com/ad/selfRegistration As part of the registration process you will receive a system generated email more…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] with: • 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. 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. In order to allow time to provide you with a SharePoint link for your stage 1 video submission ahead of the Tender Submission Deadline, the Supplier Registration Deadline will be 17:00 on Wednesday 7th October 2026.
Published estimate £291,667 excludes VAT (£350,000 including VAT).

Timeline

8 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published103 days ago
    19 Jun 2026, 15:25 BST
  2. Market engagement96 days ago
    26 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
    The purpose of this exercise is to engage the industry and gather market insights that will help us shape a potential procurement, including the refinement of market capability, capacity and appetite. Your engagement will help us to ensure any future agreement is fit for the future. A market more…engagement event will be held on Monday 29th June 2026 from 09:30am to 10:30am via Microsoft Teams. The event will include an overview of the challenge from HMRC colleagues, visibility of a potential procurement structure and will allow time for some questions and answers. Attending suppliers will receive a form after the session to provide feedback to help inform our future approach to this project. To register for this pre-market engagement event please email the below people by 5pm on Friday 26th June: [email protected] AND [email protected]. Include the notice or procurement reference in the subject line. In your email include the names and emails of up to 2 representatives to attend the event. This Preliminary Market Engagement Notice is issued for notification purposes and does not constitute a formal tender or pre-qualification process, nor does it represent a commitment to procure any goods or services. Parties should note participation in pre-market engagement will not influence or provide advantage in any future procurement, and that the scope, services, values, and timelines referenced are indicative only and subject to change.
  3. Next notice expected9 days ago
    21 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Tender notice published3 days ago
    28 Sept 2026, 14:01 BST
  5. Clarification questions byin 2 days
    2 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
  6. Submission deadlinein 11 days
    12 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
  7. Award decision expected byin 72 days
    11 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
  8. Contract startsin 95 days
    4 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT

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Notice history

19 events · 7 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Jun 2026
  1. Tender notice published
    29 Sept 2026, 09:17 BSTUK4
  2. Tender notice published
    28 Sept 2026, 15:30 BSTUK4
  3. Tender notice published
    28 Sept 2026, 14:01 BSTUK4
  4. Published value updated to £291,667
    28 Sept 2026, 14:01 BSTwas £291,667
  5. Status changed to active
    28 Sept 2026, 14:01 BST
  6. Procurement method changed
    28 Sept 2026, 14:01 BST
  7. Deadline published: 12 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
    28 Sept 2026, 14:01 BST
  8. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    21 Aug 2026, 16:34 BSTUK2
  9. Published value updated to £291,667
    21 Aug 2026, 16:34 BSTwas £291,667
  10. Procurement method changed
    21 Aug 2026, 16:34 BST
  11. Deadline withdrawn
    21 Aug 2026, 16:34 BST
  12. Planned procurement notice published
    20 Aug 2026, 14:20 BSTUK3
  13. Deadline moved to 1 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
    20 Aug 2026, 14:20 BST+0 days · was 1 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  14. Planned procurement notice published
    11 Aug 2026, 13:45 BSTUK3
  15. Published value updated to £291,667
    11 Aug 2026, 13:45 BSTwas £291,667
  16. Status changed to planned
    11 Aug 2026, 13:45 BST
  17. Procurement method changed
    11 Aug 2026, 13:45 BST
  18. Deadline published: 1 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
    11 Aug 2026, 13:45 BST
  19. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    19 Jun 2026, 15:25 BSTUK2
Published amendments (4)

Contact email changed.

Updated contact email for Josh Jones.

Correction of phrasing in the scope section - non-substantial.

Supplier Registration Deadline articulated as 17:00 on Wednesday 7th October 2026, in order to allow time to provide you with a SharePoint link for your stage 1 video submission ahead of the Tender Submission Deadline.

Routine re-releases (7)
  • 2026-08: 3 releases · 11 Aug 2026 — 21 Aug 2026
  • 2026-06: 1 release · 19 Jun 2026

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

HM Revenue & Customs

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PVMW-8599-JZNJ 100 Parliament Street, London, London, SW1A 2BQ

Official documents & specifications (8)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

Notices published for this procedure