Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-5523-DEVSECOPS REVIEW · UK public procurement notice
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: London (UKI)South West (UKK14)
Awarded value£148,962published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 10 Dec 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Control Plane Limited:
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDEVSECOPS provides an analysis of the existing application platform, an area not included within the scope of the DevSecOps project, to enable an in-depth assessment of current processes, configuration, and design
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
- 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
- 10 Dec 2025, 14:15 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Jun 2026, 15:41 BST
- Authority reference
C0653- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-053461- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f2d3Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Supplier has unique technical knowledge and experience of this project and is the only one capable of delivering the review.
Review and risk notes
- Risks
none
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
22 Dec 2025 → 5 Jun 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends306 days ago22 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published141 days ago5 Jun 2026, 15:41 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Dec 2025- Transparency notice published10 Dec 2025, 14:15 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published11 Dec 2025, 16:17 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected31 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published5 Jun 2026, 15:41 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £148,9621 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 6 Jan 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control Plane Limited:UKRI-5523-DEVSECOPS EVALUATION1 Jan 2026 – 31 Oct 2026 | £148,962 | 10 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
UKRI-5523-DEVSECOPS EVALUATION · Control Plane Limited:
- Signed
- 6 Jan 2026
- Value
- £148,962
- Period
- 6 Jan 2026 – 31 Oct 2026
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: not required
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Control PlaneAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- 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