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Published 5 Mar 2026, 11:21 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Jobs Data for Industrial Strategy

Official notice

Authority: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (Central government)

Below threshold - without competition
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£13,650published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 5 Mar 2026no call for competition
Awarded to TextKernel2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This notice provides details of a contract awarded to TextKernel, a data supplier who provide jobs data which informs and impacts DSIT’s contribution to the Industrial Strategy. Data has been used since 2022 and it is considered a business-critical dataset within the department.

The data is sent to the subject matter expert as raw data, and is also now available as a CBAS integration, which means that it is accessible by unlimited users within DSIT in a user-friendly way across the department.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
72319000 Data supply services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - without competition
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
5 Mar 2026, 11:21 GMT
Last source update
17 Apr 2026, 15:39 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-035321
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0662d5 Find a Tender

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Mar 2026
  1. Contract award notice published
    5 Mar 2026, 11:21 GMT
    UK6
  2. Contract signature expected
    17 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  3. Contract details notice published
    17 Apr 2026, 15:39 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £13,6501 award exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Contracts signed 1latest 7 Apr 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
TextKernel7 Apr 2026 – 6 Apr 2027£13,6505 Mar 2026Awarded
TextKernel£13,650 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 2 · TextKernel

    Signed
    7 Apr 2026
    Value
    £13,650
    Period
    7 Apr 2026 – 6 Apr 2027
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PVWZ-3216-PVQL 22 Whitehall, London, London, SW1A 2EGContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • TextKernelAwarded supplier Asterweg 15D, Amsterdam, NL, 1031 HL, NLContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

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