Official UK procurement notice
National Security Science and Research (NSSR) Successor Contract
Authority: Department for Transport (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Contract Details Notice is notification of the Award of the National Security, Science and Research (NSSR) Successor Contract. This is a single Lot Contract awarded to a Prime Supplier for the delivery and management of the NSSR Programme across a range of themes. The contract will enable the NSSR division to issue additional Call-Off requirements, estimated at approximately 90, throughout the duration of the Contract.
CPV: Aviation test software development services · Business and management consultancy and related services · Hardware integration consultancy services · Procurement consultancy services · Project management consultancy services · Research and Development services on security and defence materials · Research and development consultancy services · Research and development services and related consultancy services · Software consultancy services · Software integration consultancy services · System software acceptance testing consultancy services · Systems consultancy services · +2 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£16,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
See associated procurement documents, such as Appendix 4 Procurement Specific Questionnaire, Initial Requirements and Quality Questions
- Technical & professional ability
See associated procurement documents, such as Appendix 4 Procurement Specific Questionnaire, Initial Requirements and Quality Questions
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
- Economic & financial standing
See associated procurement documents, such as Appendix 4 Procurement Specific Questionnaire, Initial Requirements and Quality Questions
- Technical & professional ability
See associated procurement documents, such as Appendix 4 Procurement Specific Questionnaire, Initial Requirements and Quality Questions
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Awarded
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Mar 2025, 10:43 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Sept 2026, 15:18 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 10 Nov 2025
- Authority reference
TISE3148- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-039216- Latest notice
- Contract performance notice (UK9)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04edaeFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 12 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 29 Aug 2025, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
17 Mar 2025 → 10 Sept 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published17 Mar 2025, 10:43 GMT
- Market engagement19 May 2025, 23:59 BST
*VENUE CHANGED - DETAILS BELOW*
Date/Time
09:30 – 14:30, Monday 19th May 2025
Location
Leonardo Royal Hotel, St Pauls 10 Godliman Street, London EC4V 5AJ
Joining/Registration instructions
forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx ↗
Point of contact
Bryan Small – [email protected]
- Next notice expected4 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published11 Jul 2025, 12:15 BST
- Clarification questions by29 Aug 2025, 16:00 BST
- Submission deadline12 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by349 days ago10 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent339 days ago21 Nov 2025
- Contract starts329 days ago1 Dec 2025
- Standstill ends326 days ago3 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published46 days ago10 Sept 2026, 15:18 BST
Notice history
17 events · 10 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Mar 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Mar 2025, 10:43 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published22 Apr 2025, 15:29 BSTUK2
- Planned procurement notice published12 Jun 2025, 11:17 BSTUK3
- Status changed to planned12 Jun 2025, 11:17 BST
- Procurement method changed12 Jun 2025, 11:17 BST
- Deadline published: 5 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST12 Jun 2025, 11:17 BST
- Planned procurement notice published16 Jun 2025, 14:51 BSTUK3
- Tender notice published11 Jul 2025, 12:15 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active11 Jul 2025, 12:15 BST
- Deadline moved to 12 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST11 Jul 2025, 12:15 BST+7 days · was 5 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract award notice published21 Nov 2025, 17:05 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete21 Nov 2025, 17:05 GMT
- Contract award notice published21 Nov 2025, 17:10 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected8 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published14 Jan 2026, 15:20 GMTUK7
- Contract details notice published27 Jan 2026, 15:58 GMTUK7
- Contract performance notice published10 Sept 2026, 15:18 BSTUK9
Published amendments (1)
VENUE CHANGED TO; Leonardo Royal Hotel, St Pauls 10 Godliman Street, London EC4V 5AJ
Routine re-releases (10)
- 2025-11: 2 releases · 21 Nov 2025, 21 Nov 2025
- 2025-07: 1 release · 11 Jul 2025
- 2025-06: 2 releases · 12 Jun 2025, 16 Jun 2025
- 2025-04: 1 release · 22 Apr 2025
- 2025-03: 1 release · 17 Mar 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| PA CONSULTING SERVICES LTD15 Dec 2025 – 1 Apr 2030 · up to 1 Apr 2031Extensions: The contract has provision to extend for 12 months. · Amended: Scope description updated | £16,000,000 | 21 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
National Security, Science and Research (NSSR) Successor Contract · PA CONSULTING SERVICES LTD
- Signed
- 13 Jan 2026
- Value
- £16,000,000
- Period
- 14 Jan 2026 – 1 Apr 2030 · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The Buyer may extend the Contract for a period of up to 12 months by giving not less than 3 months’ notice in writing to the Supplier prior to the Expiry Date. The terms and conditions of the Contract shall apply throughout any such extended period.
7 agreed KPIs: Delivery to Price · Delivery Timescales & Rectification · Regular progress reports and briefing meetings with the Buyer - Compliance with Specifications …
- Delivery to Price, Deliver the Initial and Call-Off Requirements in accordance with the Price submitted and contracted in Schedule 4 Tender and Task Order Form.
- Delivery Timescales & Rectification, Deliver rectification actions within the agreed timescales for any Initial and Call-Off Requirements.
- Regular progress reports and briefing meetings with the Buyer - Compliance with Specifications, Achieve Deliverables as specified within Initial and Call-Off Requirements.
- Appropriate allocation of resource / staff, Suitable resource applied to deliver Initial and Call-Off Requirements.
- Regular progress reports and briefing meetings with the Buyer- Customer Satisfaction Quality Score, Stakeholder feedback on the quality of deliverables
- Social Value - Fair Work, The Supplier must offer training and upskilling programs for staff. The Supplier must report on the following metrics as informed by Schedule 4 Tender • the number of employment opportunities created under the contract by UK region • the number apprenticeship opportunities created or retained under the contract by UK region
- Social Value - Resilient, Innovative and Flexible Supply Chains, The Supplier must involve SMEs in delivery of the NSSR Programme. The Supplier must report on the following metrics as informed by Schedule 4 Tender. • Direct spend with SMEs: The value of contract opportunities awarded under the contract in £
- Other - performance cannot be rated good, approaching target, requires improvement or inadequate Delivery to Price · to 31 Aug 2026
- Other - performance cannot be rated good, approaching target, requires improvement or inadequate Delivery Timescales & Rectification · to 31 Aug 2026
- Other - performance cannot be rated good, approaching target, requires improvement or inadequate Regular progress reports and briefing meetings with the Buyer - Compliance with Specifications · to 31 Aug 2026
- Other - performance cannot be rated good, approaching target, requires improvement or inadequate Social Value - Fair Work · to 31 Aug 2026
- Other - performance cannot be rated good, approaching target, requires improvement or inadequate Social Value - Resilient, Innovative and Flexible Supply Chains · to 31 Aug 2026
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- did not winFrazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd · South East England
- did not winCapgemini UK PLC · Greater London
- wonPA Consulting Ltd · Greater London
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- Capgemini UK PLCBidder / tenderer
- Frazer-Nash Consultancy LtdBidder / tenderer
- PA Consulting Services LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (15)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract performance notice Contract performance notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
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