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Published 10 Mar 2026, 11:33 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

ITEP1129 - Real‑time Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) alerts service for protest and physical threat intelligence

Official notice

Authority: National Highways Limited (Central government)

Direct awardSME suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£49,500published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 12 Mar 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Dataminr2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

ITEP1129 - Real‑time Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) alerts service for protest and physical threat intelligence

National Highways requires:

  • Real time OSINT alerts (seconds/minutes) for protests, activism, and physical security events impacting the SRN.
  • Geofenced alerting to specific locations/assets.
  • Broad source coverage (social, broadcast, digital) with high precision to minimise false positives.
  • Workflow integrations (alert channels, dashboards) aligned to existing playbooks.
  • SaaS delivery with assured availability and support

Contract value between £49.500 excluding VAT.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedSME
Eligibility: SME eligible
79710000 Security services

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
10 Mar 2026, 11:33 GMT
Last source update
25 Mar 2026, 15:58 GMT
Authority reference
ITEP1129
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-027473
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066627 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

The recommended procurement route is a Direct Award under the Procurement Act 2023, Section 41 with Schedule 5 (“Only One Supplier”), on the basis that Dataminr is the only supplier capable of delivering the required real time protest and physical threat intelligence outcomes evidenced through market analysis and Soft Market Testing. This route offers several advantages over alternative options and represents the most proportionate, efficient, and operationally secure approach for National Highways.

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Mar 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    10 Mar 2026, 11:33 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    12 Mar 2026, 14:08 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract details notice published
    25 Mar 2026, 15:58 GMT
    UK7
  4. Contract signature expected
    25 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £49,5001 award exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Contracts signed 1latest 25 Mar 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
DataminrSME1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2027£49,50012 Mar 2026Awarded
DataminrSME£49,500 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 2 · DataminrSME

    Signed
    25 Mar 2026
    Value
    £49,500
    Period
    1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2027
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

National Highways Limited

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PGMJ-3793-VBBN Three Snowhill, Snow Hill Queensway, Birmingham, West Midlands, B4 6GAContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice
  • DataminrAwarded supplier 5 New Street Square, London, England, EC4A 3TW, London, London, EC4A 3TWContact email
  • DataminrAwarded supplier 5 New Street Square, London, England, London, London, EC4A 3TWContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender