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Official UK procurement notice

Technical Support Service for Operational Reference & Encyclopaedic Data

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

ServicesAbove threshold
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate £4,000,000≈ £1.9m / year · £4,800,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submission deadline Not published
Next notice expected 31 Jan 2026
Contract term 2 yrs 1 mostarts 30 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

There is an intention to run a procurement in the future for the provision of a Technical Support Service to:

Deliver a technical Service to Navy Command (NC) frontline Ships, Submarines, and Units which involves delivering fully authenticated, validated, and current Mission Critical, Operational Encyclopaedic Reference Data and digital product libraries.

Ensure the continuous availability of Mission Critical Reference Data, MCSU DIS. Maintaining effective IT infrastructures for handling classified information securely.

This will be a re-procurement to follow on from an existing contract and will potentially be run as an open competition.

CPV: World wide web (www) site operation host services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Cancelled 2 yrs 1 mo
Contract period: 30 Apr 2026 — 31 May 2028 (2 yrs 1 mo)
72415000 World wide web (www) site operation host services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Cancelled
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
24 Feb 2026, 11:44 GMT
Last source update
24 Feb 2026, 11:44 GMT
Authority reference
714811452
Latest notice
Procurement termination notice (UK12)
Classification (CPV)
World wide web (www) site operation host services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05105b

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published
    11 May 2025, 22:29 BST
  2. Next notice expected233 days ago
    31 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  3. Latest notice published209 days ago
    24 Feb 2026, 11:44 GMT
  4. Contract starts145 days ago
    30 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded toValueDateStatus
supplier not published—24 Feb 2026CancelledThe expected dates for this procurement have now changed. If a procurement for these services is required in future then a new notice will be issued, if applicable

Notice history

5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 May 2025
  1. Procurement termination notice published
    24 Feb 2026, 11:44 GMTUK12
  2. Published value updated
    24 Feb 2026, 11:44 GMTwas £4,000,000
  3. Status changed to withdrawn
    24 Feb 2026, 11:44 GMT
  4. Buyer details updated
    24 Feb 2026, 11:44 GMT
  5. Pipeline notice published
    11 May 2025, 22:29 BSTUK1

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PHVX-4316-ZVGZ Navy Commercial, NCHQ, Whale Island, Portsmouth, South East, PO2 8BY [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Procurement termination notice tenderProcurement termination noticeUK12Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender