Official UK procurement notice
Information Access Service (IAS) Hosting, Development & Maintenance
Authority: Corporate Officer of the House of Commons (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Final published estimate £3,750,000initial estimate £2,000,000 · 2 value updates
Submissions closed 12 Sept 2025
Next notice expected 16 Jun 2025
Contract term 5 yrsup to 7 yrs with extensions · starts 5 Jan 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUK Parliament (the Authority) is seeking to engage a digital agency to support the implementation and ongoing support for Parliament Live; the web application, Application Programming Interface (API), dataset and hosting. The primary deliverables will be to develop and host the next version and Parliament Live (https://parliamentlive.tv). The Authority is hosting an online supplier event to share further information about this opportunity at 11am on 22nd July 2025. Suppliers that are interested in attending this event should express their interest via the published opportunity on Atamis (https://atamis-ukparliament.my.site.com/s/Welcome). The Authority's Conditions of Participation are included within the tender documentation.
CPV: Custom software development services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Internet development services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1AwardedRenewalPublished value£3,750,000
- Value
- £3,750,000 exc. VAT · £4,500,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- Details of Options are contained within the Authority's Statement of Requirements. · Up to 2-years extension available in the format of 1+1.
72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support72230000 Custom software development services72420000 Internet development services
What it takes to win
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add moreHow bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (10)
- Quality — 60
- Quality — 60
- Quality — 50
- Quality — 50
- Price — 40
- Price — 40
- Price — 40
- Price — 40
- Social Value — 10
- Social Value — 10
Published award criteria (10)
- Quality — Quality will be scored in accordance with the details set out in the ITT on the Authority's eSourcing Portal.
- Price — Price will be scored in accordance with the details set out in the ITT on the Authority's eSourcing Portal.
- Quality — Quality will be scored in accordance with the details set out in the ITT on the Authority's eSourcing Portal.
- Price — Price will be scored in accordance with the details set out in the ITT on the Authority's eSourcing Portal.
- Quality — Quality will be scored in accordance with the details set out in the ITT on the Authority's eSourcing Portal.
- Price — Price will be scored in accordance with the details set out in the ITT on the Authority's eSourcing Portal.
- Quality — Quality will be scored in accordance with the details set out in the ITT on the Authority's eSourcing Portal.
- Price — Price will be scored in accordance with the details set out in the ITT on the Authority's eSourcing Portal.
Conditions of participation8
- Economic & financial standingContained within the Authority's Procurement Specific Questionnaire.
- Technical & professional abilityContained within the Authority's Procurement Specific Questionnaire.
- Economic & financial standingContained within the Authority's Procurement Specific Questionnaire.
- Technical & professional abilityContained within the Authority's Procurement Specific Questionnaire.
- Economic & financial standingContained within the Authority's Procurement Specific Questionnaire.
- Technical & professional abilityContained within the Authority's Procurement Specific Questionnaire.
- Economic & financial standingContained within the Authority's Procurement Specific Questionnaire.
- Technical & professional abilityContained within the Authority's Procurement Specific Questionnaire.
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
- Cancelled
- 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
- 27 Nov 2025, 16:08 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Nov 2025, 16:08 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 10 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Authority reference
PI1301719- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05219fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Access & registration note: Free · one account PER buying organisation portal · password resets come "from Salesforce.com" (check spam)
- Submission deadline
- 12 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 15 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Tenders should be submitted via the Authority's eSourcing Portal, Atamis (atamis-ukparliament.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗)
Timeline
8 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice published23 May 2025, 11:40 BST
- Next notice expected16 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published4 Jul 2025, 12:36 BST
- Clarification questions by15 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline374 days ago12 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by315 days ago10 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published298 days ago27 Nov 2025, 16:08 GMT
- Contract starts260 days ago5 Jan 2026, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 14 Nov 2025 | CancelledThe bid responses received exceeded the Authority's published budget envelope for this tender, and as such were not able to be accepted in line with the tender instructions. |
Notice history
14 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 May 2025- Procurement termination notice published27 Nov 2025, 16:08 GMTUK12
- Published value updated27 Nov 2025, 16:08 GMTwas £3,750,000
- Status changed to complete27 Nov 2025, 16:08 GMT
- Procurement method changed27 Nov 2025, 16:08 GMT
- Deadline withdrawn27 Nov 2025, 16:08 GMT
- Buyer details updated27 Nov 2025, 16:08 GMT
- Tender notice published19 Aug 2025, 11:58 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published4 Jul 2025, 15:40 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published4 Jul 2025, 12:36 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £3,750,0004 Jul 2025, 12:36 BSTwas £2,000,000
- Status changed to active4 Jul 2025, 12:36 BST
- Procurement method changed4 Jul 2025, 12:36 BST
- Deadline published: 12 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST4 Jul 2025, 12:36 BST
- Pipeline notice published23 May 2025, 11:40 BSTUK1
Published amendments (2)
Updating the ERL for our eSourcing Portal.
Amended to direct prospective Bidders to the tender documentation where the Conditions of Participation can be found.
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-07: 1 release · 4 Jul 2025
- 2025-05: 1 release · 23 May 2025
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Corporate Officer of the House of LordsContracting authorityPublic authority - central government
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender