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Published 15 Oct 2026, 14:59 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Selective and Additional Licensing Schemes

Official notice

Authority: Luton Council (Local council)

Direct award
Awarded value£3,500,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to Home Safe Delivery Partnership Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Council requires a fully integrated service that can manage Selective and Additional Licensing, maintain ongoing data validation, carry out property inspections, and securely share data with Council systems.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

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
15 Oct 2026, 14:59 BST
Last source update
15 Oct 2026, 14:59 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097557
Latest notice
Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area
East of England (UKH21)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0788b0 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

The Contracting Authority conducted Preliminary Market Engagement to identify market capability for an end-to-end Property Licensing Service. While two market participants demonstrated capability utilizing specialized property licensing platforms (including Metastreet), objective evaluation confirmed a technical absence of competition under Schedule 5, Paragraph 4 of the Procurement Act 2023 regarding immediate, risk-free transition.

One respondent’s proposal requires an initial phase of discovery, workflow mapping, and system configuration to align separate licensing streams. The Authority has a critical, immediate statutory timeline that cannot accommodate a phased implementation or data-migration loop without severe operational disruption to regulatory enforcement.

Home Safe Delivery Partnership Ltd is the exclusive supplier demonstrating immediate, unconditional platform readiness with fully pre-configured workflows tailored to the Authority's live launch requirements. No reasonable alternative or substitute exists that meets the necessary immediate implementation timeline without introducing disproportionate transition costs and statutory delay.

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 15 Oct 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    15 Oct 2026, 14:59 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract signature expected
    30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £3,500,0001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Home Safe Delivery Partnership LtdSME2 Nov 2026 – 30 Oct 2028 · up to 1 Mar 2029Extensions: 4 months extension£3,500,000—Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Luton Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PWCV-4283-GVPW Town Hall, Luton, East of England, LU1 2BQContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Home Safe Delivery Partnership LtdAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PJJQ-1757-QXLG The Castle Mill Minneymoor Hill, Conisbrough, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire & Humber, DN12 3ENContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender