Find a TenderAdministrative changeContract change notice

Published 5 Sept 2025, 11:07 BST

This notice announces an administrative change to an existing contract or market (a contract change notice). No new tender or admission is opened here; see the linked notices below for the original opportunity.

Official UK procurement notice

LEDS Person Update · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Home Office (Central government)

Direct award

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£31,250,000published award · exc. VAT

Awarded 5 Aug 2025no call for competition

Awarded to PA CONSULTING SERVICES LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

LEDS is a programme that has been established to develop a modernised data service, (the Law Enforcement Data Service - LEDS) to replace the Police National Computer (PNC) and better meet the needs of PNC users. LEDS will consist of several products developed to allow the transitioning of PNC users away from the legacy services.

One of these products, the LEDS Person Product, is on the critical path for the decommissioning of the PNC. To ensure continuity and timely delivery of this essential component, the remaining work already underway will be completed via a direct award

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK

72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Direct award
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status: Administrative change
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 Sept 2025, 11:07 BST
Last source update: 29 Sept 2026, 13:48 BST
Authority reference: 18823
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-091895
Latest notice: Contract change notice (UK10)
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0594c0 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
Published justification: The Home Office Law Enforcement Data Services (LEDS) Programme intends to make a direct award to PA Consulting for the provision of managed, engineering, and support services. This contract will run from October 2025 to the end of August 2026.
The LEDS Programme is delivering the replacement for the Police National Computer (PNC), a Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) service that supports operational policing through real-time checks on individuals, vehicles, and other law enforcement data.
This direct award is justified under Schedule 5, Paragraph 7 of the Procurement Act 2023, as the services provided by the incumbent supplier form an extension to existing work. A change in supplier at this stage would result in incompatible services and disproportionate technical difficulties in operation and maintenance, impacting the continuity of the programme. It would also risk delays to critical delivery timelines, which are essential to ensuring the safe and timely transition of the legacy PNC system.

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

17 Sept 2025 → 29 Sept 2026 · 2 dates

Standstill ends400 days ago
17 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice published24 days ago
29 Sept 2026, 13:48 BST

Notice history

7 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Sept 2025

Transparency notice published
5 Sept 2025, 11:07 BST
UK5
Contract award notice published
8 Sept 2025, 14:51 BST
UK6
Contract signature expected
19 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
scheduled
Contract details notice published
11 Nov 2025, 16:37 GMT
UK7
Contract details notice published
19 Dec 2025, 16:18 GMT
UK7
Contract details notice published
19 Dec 2025, 16:49 GMT
UK7
Contract change notice published
29 Sept 2026, 13:48 BST
UK10

Routine re-releases (6)

2025-11: 1 release · 11 Nov 2025
2025-09: 2 releases · 5 Sept 2025, 8 Sept 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £31,250,0001 award exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 17 Oct 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
PA CONSULTING SERVICES LTDNLEDP 266 Person Update19 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2026	£31,250,000	5 Aug 2025	Awarded

Contracts

NLEDP 266 Person Update · PA CONSULTING SERVICES LTD
Signed
17 Oct 2025
Value
£42,250,000
Period
14 Aug 2026 – 31 Aug 2026 · up to 1 Aug 2027 with extensions
Status
active
- Change 14 Aug 2026 The modification provides for additional services required to support the continued delivery of the contract, including activities associated with the Termination Assistance Period.
4 agreed KPIs: KPI 01 Task efficiency · KPI 02 Milestone Completion · KPI 03 Balanced Score Card Satisfaction Score …
- KPI 01 Task efficiency, The Supplier must provide a Draft Statement of Work (SoW) in response to service requests within 10 working days. Drafts should be of a high standard, requiring minimal technical amendments to be accepted. The Supplier is responsible for ensuring that all proposed resources are onboarded in accordance with Home Office (HO) processes and possess the appropriate skill sets aligned to the relevant SFIA level. To support effective governance and planning, draft SoWs must be submitted at least 20 working days prior to the intended start date of the work.
- KPI 02 Milestone Completion, The Milestone Completion measures the number of project payment milestones that have been completed on time or within a specified timeframe. It provides insight into project progress, team efficiency, and the likelihood of meeting overall project deadlines.
- KPI 03 Balanced Score Card Satisfaction Score, The Balanced Score Card (BSC) provides performance data across four categories of Supplier delivery. Incorporating the BSC into formal performance management strengthens overall contract management and creates clear incentives for desired behaviours. The BSC will also be updated to record Supplier performance against the full set of KPIs applied under this contract.
- KPI 05 Social Value, The Supplier will support Home Office to deliver against the Social Value Model Theme of Equal Opportunity: Tackling Workforce Inequality through delivering initiatives to drive the acquisition of new skills and provide career development opportunities for under-represented groups in the workforce.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Home Office

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PWGC-6513-PQLZ 2 Marsham Street, London, London, SW1P 4DFContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

PA Consulting LimitedAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PNTG-1767-GXBV 10 Bressenden Place, London, London, SW1E 5DNContact email

Official documents & specifications (7)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Signed contract contractSigned contractPDF

Notices published for this procedure

Contract change notice contractContract change noticeUK10Contract change notice on Find a Tender29 Sept 2026, 13:48 BST
Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender19 Dec 2025, 16:49 GMT
Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender19 Dec 2025, 16:18 GMT
Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender11 Nov 2025, 16:37 GMT
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender8 Sept 2025, 14:51 BST
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender5 Sept 2025, 11:07 BST