Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-4875 Autodesk Licenses · UK public procurement notice
Authority: UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) (Central government)
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48)IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: North West (UKD61)South East (UKJ14)Scotland (UKM75)
Awarded value£300,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 25 Mar 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Man and Machine
Notice summary
Annual renewal of existing 250 Autodesk license subscription and support package for the following sites: Science and Technology Facilities Council.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAnnual renewal of existing 250 Autodesk license subscription and support package for the following sites:
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Daresbury Laboratory
Sci-Tech Daresbury
STFC UK Astronomy Technology Centre
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedCommercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £300,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 23 May 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Man and Machine19 Jun 2025 – 19 Jun 2026 | £300,000 | 25 Mar 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Man and Machine
- Signed
- 23 May 2025
- Value
- £300,000
- Period
- 20 Jun 2025 – 20 Jun 2026
- Status
- terminated
- Final value
- £293,386
- Termination
- contractCompleted
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
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 7 May 2025, 12:05 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Jul 2026, 10:42 BST
- Authority reference
UKRI-4875- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-066620- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050db3Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
This service cannot be provided by another supplier as it's an extension of our current licenses and technical support.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
20 May 2025 → 15 Jul 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends20 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published118 days ago15 Jul 2026, 10:42 BST
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 May 2025- Transparency notice published7 May 2025, 12:05 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published9 May 2025, 10:05 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected24 May 2025, 00:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published2 Jun 2025, 12:05 BSTUK7
- Contract termination notice published15 Jul 2026, 10:42 BSTUK11
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-05: 1 release · 7 May 2025
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Man and Machine LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract termination notice Contract termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender