Official UK procurement notice
User Experience Capability 2026
Authority: UK Hydrographic Office (Central government)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)+6 more
Awarded value£1,000,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 11 Sept 2026
Award (standstill) to Bramble Hub Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA contract to deliver User Experience including (but not limited to):
1. interaction design
2. content design
3. service design
4. user research
5.design / research ops and data analytics
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Awarded
79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award under framework
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Call-off under a framework
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 25 Sept 2026, 12:23 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Sept 2026, 12:23 BST
- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077a75
Related procedures1
- Call-off under framework Digital Outcomes and Specialists 7
How it was run
- Submission deadline
- —
Timeline
2 published dates · Europe/London- Notice published5 days ago25 Sept 2026, 12:23 BST
- Standstill endsin 6 days6 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £1,000,0001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bramble Hub LimitedSME7 Oct 2026 — 6 Oct 2028 · up to 5 Oct 2029Extensions: We included an optional 12 month extension option in all procurement documentation · Options: This is on a call-off basis up to the maximum value and no work is guaranteed. | £1,000,000 | 11 Sept 2026standstill to 6 Oct 2026 | Standstill |
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 25 Sept 2026- Contract signature expected7 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract award notice published25 Sept 2026, 12:23 BSTUK6
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- BRAMBLE HUB LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender