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WP1874 .gov.uk Domain Name Protection

IT services: consulting
software development
Internet and support
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Government Digital Service: "WP1874 .gov.uk Domain Name Protection". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityGovernment Digital ServiceScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Government Digital Service
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Published history for Government Digital Service. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
1.5Bids / Report
50% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 2 active published awards; 2 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityGovernment Digital Service
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published17 Jun 2021, 17:20 BST
Last source update17 Jun 2021, 17:20 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-02bd5e
What is being bought
To build a DNS availability monitoring service for the '.gov.uk' Domain Name.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    17 Jun 2021, 17:20 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    17 Jun 2021, 17:20 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    17 Jun 2021, 17:20 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    To build a DNS availability monitoring service for the '.gov.uk' Domain Name
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    17 Jun 2021, 17:20 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 14 Apr 2021, 00:00 BST · £310,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Nominet UK
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£310,000 · signed 14 Apr 2021, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Government Digital Service

Contracting authority GB-FTS-19865
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  • Government Digital Service
    buyer

    The White Chapel Building, Whitechapel High Street, London, UK, E1 8QS
    commissioning-digital@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk

  • Nominet UK
    supplier

    Oxford, UK

  • The Minister of the Cabinet Office acting through Government Digital Service
    reviewBody

    London
Documents (0)
Official links; attachments are not copied
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Related procedures (0)
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No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleAs well as "Protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights", justification on the grounds of "Absence of competition for technical reasons" applies. There is a natural monopoly here. The '.gov.uk' top-level delegation record can only be provided by Nominet because Nominet has the exclusive arrangement with IANA (the organisation that coordinates the Internet's globally unique identifiers) to host the higher-level '.uk' record. The availability monitoring solution must be provided under Nominet's direct control because Nominet has to integrate it into their internal systems.