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Published 31 Mar 2026, 18:13 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Robotics Process Automation Software

Official notice

Authority: Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands (Police & fire)

Direct award
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£481,500published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 31 Mar 2026no call for competition
Award (standstill) to UiPath UK Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Tools are a software technology that makes it easy to build, deploy, and manage software robots that emulate humans' actions interacting with digital systems and software. It is widely used for the configuration of task automation. These tools are indispensable for the automation of repetitive back-office processes and are currently undertaking various activities within the Connect & Control Works systems.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: UK
72222300 Information technology services

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
31 Mar 2026, 18:13 BST
Last source update
31 Mar 2026, 18:26 BST
Authority reference
WMP0568
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-030051
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067a18 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

Blue Light Commercial launched an RPA framework in May 2025, backed by the NPCC Nation RPA Programme, BLC0206 under PCR15. UiPath are the sole provider of UiPath Licencing under Lot1 of the framework and as such are eligible for direct award.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

31 Mar 2026 → 13 Apr 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published205 days ago
    31 Mar 2026, 18:26 BST
  2. Standstill ends192 days ago
    13 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 31 Mar 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    31 Mar 2026, 18:13 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    31 Mar 2026, 18:26 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    14 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £481,5001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
UiPath UK Limited14 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029£481,50031 Mar 2026standstill to 13 Apr 2026Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PHLH-1699-TDLT Lloyd House, Colmore Circus Queensway, Birmingham, West Midlands, B4 6ATContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • UIPATH UK LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 09932290GB-PPON: PHVG-6599-VNLX 50th Floor East Part, London, London, EC2N 4BQContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender