This notice announces an administrative change to an existing contract or market (a contract change notice). No new tender or admission is opened here; see the linked notices below for the original opportunity.
Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-5058 Software Migration and Decommissioning
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUK Research and Innovation (UKRI) contract for the technical and professional expertise in the migration and decommissioning of the live funding operational system.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Administrative change
- 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
- 9 Jul 2025, 13:59 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Jul 2026, 17:27 BST
- Authority reference
UKRI-5058- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-070958- Latest notice
- Contract change notice (UK10)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055c09Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
The contract is being awarded without prior publication of a call for competition due to; technical reasons: The supplier has the technical capability and knowledge to decommission the current funding service and manage the data migration process in a live operational environment. The supplier has delivered 70% of the project and a change of supplier would result in disproportionate technical difficulties and duplication of cost.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
24 Jul 2025 → 27 Jul 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends24 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published91 days ago27 Jul 2026, 17:27 BST
Notice history
7 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Jul 2025- Transparency notice published9 Jul 2025, 13:59 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published15 Jul 2025, 13:48 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected25 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published2 Oct 2025, 11:39 BSTUK7
- Contract change notice published23 Feb 2026, 16:43 GMTUK10
- Contract change notice published30 Jun 2026, 08:53 BSTUK10
- Contract change notice published27 Jul 2026, 17:27 BSTUK10
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2025-10: 1 release · 2 Oct 2025
- 2025-07: 2 releases · 9 Jul 2025, 15 Jul 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| cloudThing Limited28 Jul 2025 – 27 Jul 2026 | £402,340 | 7 Jul 2025standstill to 24 Jul 2025 | Standstill |
| cloudThing Limited | £587,005 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
UKRI-5058 Software Migration and Decommissioning · cloudThing Limited
- Signed
- 1 Oct 2025
- Value
- £587,005
- Period
- 21 Jul 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
- Status
- active
- Change 20 Jul 2026 Additional resource required to support the deliverables on the project
- Change 16 Jun 2026 Additional resource required to support the deliverables of the project.
- Change 18 Feb 2026 Delays in the delivery of the Optimisation phase have created a continued requirement for Support Services beyond the originally anticipated timeframe.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Kerv Digital LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract change notice Contract change 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