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
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
To view this notice, please click here:
https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=955078317
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Awarded
48000000 Software package and information systems72261000 Software support services
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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 15 Jul 2026, 10:42 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Jul 2026, 10:42 BST
- Authority reference
UKRI-4875- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050db3
- 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
- Submission deadline
- —
Timeline
2 published dates · Europe/London- Standstill ends20 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published73 days ago15 Jul 2026, 10:42 BST
Commercial 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
Notice history
8 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 May 2025- Contract termination notice published15 Jul 2026, 10:42 BSTUK11
- Status changed15 Jul 2026, 10:42 BST
- Procurement method changed15 Jul 2026, 10:42 BST
- Buyer details updated15 Jul 2026, 10:42 BST
- Contract details notice published2 Jun 2025, 12:05 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected24 May 2025, 00:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract award notice published9 May 2025, 10:05 BSTUK6
- Transparency notice published7 May 2025, 12:05 BSTUK5
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 (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices 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