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SFO/MARTELLO/Expert Support 2

No classification published
Location not published
Published value
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Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Serious Fraud Office: "SFO/MARTELLO/Expert Support 2". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthoritySerious Fraud OfficeScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for Serious Fraud Office. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
Not availableNo published reports
Bid counts are not published for this buyer
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Martello Financial ServicesTop vendor: 97.9% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 16 active published awards; 0 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Martello Financial Services1 win£1,033,500
James Hall1 win£22,440
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthoritySerious Fraud Office
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published2 Apr 2026, 17:22 BST
Last source update2 Apr 2026, 17:22 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-067c5b
What is being bought
The Serious Fraud Office requires a new contract to be established following the expiry of the previous contract. Martello Expert Services provides independent expert witnesses, subject matter experts and a range of consulting services to the legal sector. Martello's services are required to continue to procure Doug Strong to provide assistance in connection with Commercial Court Proceedings. The contract has a maximum value of £335,000 excluding VAT (£402,000 including VAT). Justification for direct award: PA23, Part 3, Chapter 3, Section 41 of the Act. Section 41, Schedule 5, Paragraph 7:Additional or repeat goods, services or works andExtreme and unavoidable urgency, as per PA23 Schedule 5 S.13.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    2 Apr 2026, 17:22 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    2 Apr 2026, 17:22 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    2 Apr 2026, 17:22 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    2 Apr 2026, 17:22 BST
  2. Award pending
    Not published · £335,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
MARTELLO FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD
£335,000 · Not published · pending
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Serious Fraud Office

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PZLQ-7427-JMLZ
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  • Serious Fraud Office
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PZLQ-7427-JMLZ
    2-4 Cockspur Street, London, UKI32, SW1Y 5BS, GB
    commercial@sfo.gov.uk

  • MARTELLO FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD
    supplier

    GB-COH: 11877681
    7 Bell Yard, London, UKI32, WC2A 2JR, GB
    lboyes@martelloglobal.com
Award and contract changes
Documents (1)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleProcurement Act 2023, Part 3, Chapter 3, Section 41 of the Act. Section 41, Schedule 5, Paragraph 7: Additional or repeat goods, services or works 7 The public contract concerns the supply of goods, services or works by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to, or partial replacement of, existing goods, services or works in circumstances where- (a) a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and (b) the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance Extreme and unavoidable urgency Urgency, as per PA23 Schedule 5 S.13