Official UK procurement notice
UK5 Transparency Notice - Online Interventions Partnership Pilot
Authority: Home Office (Central government)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
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 descriptionThe 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 publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077de1Find 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- Notice publishedearlier today14 Oct 2026, 15:03 BST
- Today15 Oct 2026
- Standstill endsin 12 days26 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Sept 2026- Transparency notice published30 Sept 2026, 15:34 BSTUK5
- Transparency notice published7 Oct 2026, 15:31 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published14 Oct 2026, 15:03 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £230,1531 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| VPN International gGmbHOnline Interventions Partnership Pilot30 Oct 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 | £230,153 | 2 Oct 2026standstill to 26 Oct 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- VPN International gGmbHAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
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
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender