Official UK procurement notice
Proactive Discovery and Bulk Referral Pilot
Authority: Home Office (Central government)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£192,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 28 Aug 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Online Harms Foundation TA/ Tech Against Terrorism, Tech Against Terrorism
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Home Office is procuring a pilot service to support the proactive discovery, analysis and bulk referral to technology companies of terrorist content online.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- 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
- 1 Sept 2026, 14:43 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Sept 2026, 16:56 BST
- Authority reference
Project_20799- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-090323- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06efa9Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Prototypes Development
- Published justification
This direct award relies on the Schedule 5 Prototype and Development Services exemption. The requirement is a time-limited pilot to test a new capability
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Sept 2026- Transparency notice published1 Sept 2026, 14:43 BSTUK5
- Transparency notice published22 Sept 2026, 08:36 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published23 Sept 2026, 16:56 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected2 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £192,0001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online Harms Foundation TA/ Tech Against Terrorism, Tech Against TerrorismSMEjoint award2 Oct 2026 – 31 Mar 2027Amended: To insert the correct details of the supplier who will deliver the work and to update the contract start/ end date for accuracy. | £192,000 | 28 Aug 2026 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Online Harms Foundation TA/ Tech Against TerrorismAwarded supplier
- Tech Against TerrorismAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender