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Observability Tool UK1 Notice

Buyer: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology →

BuyerDepartment for Science, Innovation & Technology
Statusplanned
DeadlineNot published
Value£6,000,000
Published11 Nov 2025

What is being bought

One Login’s Observability tool will empower developers and support teams to investigate system issues with confidence, and identify problems before they escalate. We are seeking full-stack observability of end-to-end journeys, an intuitive interface, well-tuned alerting, compatibility with Serverless architecture, compatibility with open standards (e.g. OTEL, OCFF), and secure UK-based hosting. Insights from this tool will provide continuous visibility of SLIs, SLOs and error budgets across the service, empowering decision-making at all levels of the organisation and ensuring that One Login operates as intended. This tool is an essential part of our Observability strategy, enabling One Login to meet critical reliability and security commitments and scale to higher volumes – all while maintaining a smooth and responsive experience for users.

Categories

Software package and information systems 48000000Industry specific software package 48100000Information technology services 72222300

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned
Contract periodFrom 26 Aug 2026 to 25 Aug 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Information technology services, Software package and information systems, Industry specific software packageNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Software package and information systems (48000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 482,5761 median · 6.1 average (785 of 2,576 with a bid count)1.5 average (851 of 2,576 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer4Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)170Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05defc
Latest release ID072923-2025
Latest release timestampTue Nov 11 2025 15:56:54 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£6,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
11 Nov 2025planning072923-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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