Official UK procurement notice
Noise Modelling System, Hosting and Service Provision and Technical Support for 2025
Authority: DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Defra Noise Modelling System (NMS) has been designed, built, hosted and managed to date under a single supplier framework. <br/>This contract covers five main areas:<br/>1. Hosting, supporting and managing the NMS, including data and software licensing, cloud services, backups, security patching, etc.<br/>2. Handover provision, to ensure a seamless continuous provision of service <br/>3. Pilot – the NMS is to be piloted with a number of users before the full launch that has been agreed by Ministers<br/>4. Provision of datasets (accompanied by appropriate documentation and coding) to allow Defra to carry out R&D activities<br/>5. Preparation for Round 5 mapping – Defra has a legal requirement to deliver noise maps across the country in 5 yearly intervals, known as rounds. Preparation for Round 5 must commence in 2025 to have any chance of meeting the legal deadline for delivering these maps.
CPV: Environmental services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Mar 2025, 16:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 24 Mar 2025, 16:05 GMT
- Authority reference
C28394- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-010973- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f814Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This is a compliant STA under Regulation 32 of the PCR Regs 2015, under (2) (b) where the works, supplies or services can only be supplied by a particular econimic operator for any of the following reasons:<br/><br/>
- competition is absent for technical reason and <br/>
- follow up work where there was competition for the initial work and the provider has already carried out initial work in the same area
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noise Consultants LimitedSME | £1,893,475 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 010973-2025-1 · Noise Consultants LimitedSME
- Signed
- 13 Mar 2025
- Value
- £1,893,475
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Public Procurement Review BodyMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Noise Consultants LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.