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Published 30 Sept 2026, 15:34 BST

Official UK procurement notice

UK5 Transparency Notice - Online Interventions Partnership Pilot

Official notice

Authority: Home Office (Central government)

Direct awardSME suitable
Awarded value£230,153published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 2 Oct 2026no call for competition
Award (standstill) to VPN International gGmbH

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Online Interventions Partnership Pilot is a six-month programme to develop, test and evaluate a novel, platform-enabled approach to supporting individuals who may be vulnerable to online radicalisation.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedSME
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible

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
30 Sept 2026, 15:34 BST
Last source update
14 Oct 2026, 15:03 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097107
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077de1 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Urgency
Published justification

A review found that the alternative organisations offer expertise relevant to individual elements of the requirement but cannot deliver the specific integrated model proposed for this pilot.

Review and risk notes
Risks

Non delivery of event.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

14 Oct 2026 → 26 Oct 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Notice publishedearlier today
    14 Oct 2026, 15:03 BST
  2. Today
    15 Oct 2026
  3. Standstill endsin 12 days
    26 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Sept 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    30 Sept 2026, 15:34 BST
    UK5
  2. Transparency notice published
    7 Oct 2026, 15:31 BST
    UK5
  3. Contract award notice published
    14 Oct 2026, 15:03 BST
    UK6
  4. 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 £230,1531 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
VPN International gGmbHOnline Interventions Partnership Pilot30 Oct 2026 – 31 Mar 2027£230,1532 Oct 2026standstill to 26 Oct 2026Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Home Office

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PWGC-6513-PQLZ 2 Marsham Street, London, London, SW1P 4DFContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • VPN International gGmbHAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PYXG-6877-JLVW Alt-Reinickendorf 25, Berlin, DE, 13407, DEContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (3)

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
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender