Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Specialised Critical Mineral Data
Authority: Department for Business & Trade (Central government)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£130,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 20 Aug 2026no call for competition
Awarded to The Project Blue Group Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe supply of specialised critical mineral datasets to DBT.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Awarded
72300000 Data services
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 29 Sept 2026, 14:51 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Sept 2026, 14:51 BST
- Authority reference
5358- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077cae
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £130,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 20 Aug 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Project Blue Group LimitedSME | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of Speciliased Critical Mineral Data · The Project Blue Group LimitedSME
- Signed
- 20 Aug 2026
- Value
- £130,000
- Period
- 20 Aug 2026 — 20 Aug 2027 · up to 20 Aug 2028 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Up to 12 month extension clause included.
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published29 Sept 2026, 14:51 BSTUK7
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- The Project Blue Group LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender