Official UK procurement notice
Temporary Commercial Support · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Serious Fraud Office (Central government)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72)Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Awarded value£22,440published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 26 Aug 2025no call for competition
Awarded to James Hall
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionStrategic and operational commercial and project support for SFO's FM & Commercial team.
The temporary support will be provided on a part time (2-3 days per week) basis to cover vacancy of the post provided by a self-employed commercial expert with FM experience.
Fees will be charged at day and hourly rates, with a fixed maximal contract value.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 Aug 2025, 11:39 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Aug 2025, 11:44 BST
- Authority reference
SFO/COMM/JHALL- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-051542- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058e6eFind a Tender
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Aug 2025- Transparency notice published27 Aug 2025, 11:39 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published27 Aug 2025, 11:44 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected27 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £22,4401 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Hall8 Sept 2025 – 8 May 2026 · up to 8 Sept 2026Extensions: The Serious Fraud Office may request to extend the contract for a further 4 months by giving no less than 10 working days notice, in writing, to the Supplier prior to the Expiry Date. The Conditions of the Contract shall apply throughout any such extended period. | £22,440 | 26 Aug 2025 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- James HallAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender