TENDER · WATCH
Provision of Evidence Management System for Patrick Finucane Inquiry
UNKNOWN
What happened?
Award notice from Patrick Finucane Inquiry. Relevance is supported by notice evidence.
Value
KNOWN · STRATEGIC
KNOWN · STRATEGIC
Urgency
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Confidence
MEDIUM
MEDIUM
Recommended action
TRACK UNTIL TENDER
TRACK UNTIL TENDER
Facts
{
"award_values": [
{
"amount": 5000000,
"currency": "GBP"
}
],
"buyer": "Patrick Finucane Inquiry",
"buyer_reference": "GC14-PFI-0001",
"contact_email": "info@gca.gov.uk",
"contact_name": "Government Commercial Agency on behalf of Northern Ireland Office: Northern Ireland Office",
"contact_restrictions": [],
"contacts": [
{
"email": "info@gca.gov.uk",
"name": "Government Commercial Agency on behalf of Northern Ireland Office: Northern Ireland Office",
"organisation": "Patrick Finucane Inquiry"
}
],
"contract_terms": [
{
"endDate": "2029-08-25T23:59:59+01:00",
"startDate": "2026-08-26T00:00:00+01:00"
}
],
"cpv": [
{
"description": "Database services",
"id": "72320000",
"scheme": "CPV"
}
],
"currency": "GBP",
"days_to_deadline": -69,
"deadline": "2026-08-25T12:00:00+01:00",
"deadline_conflict": false,
"deadline_kind": "TENDER",
"deadline_narrative": "",
"deadline_structured": "2026-08-25T12:00:00+01:00",
"deadline_time_unpublished": false,
"demo_evidence": [],
"direct_contact_evidence": [],
"engagement_route": "",
"estimated_value": 5000000,
"expansion_scope": "Complete official OCDS release; linked restricted documents require separate verification.",
"extensions": [],
"fully_expanded": true,
"geographic_scope": [
[
{
"countryName": "United Kingdom"
}
]
],
"hidden_opportunity": false,
"historical_engagement_evidence": "",
"incumbent_evidence": [],
"linked_documents": [],
"lot_count": 0,
"lot_scope": [],
"meeting_evidence": [],
"notice_type": "AWARD",
"procurement_method": "Call-off from a framework agreement",
"procurement_status": "complete",
"publication_date": "2026-10-07T19:00:34+01:00",
"published_corrections": [],
"published_notice_types": [],
"published_requirement": "The Northern Ireland Office (NIO), on behalf of the Patrick Finucane Inquiry (PFI), the Buyer, which has been established and is sponsored by the NIO, is seeking to procure an Evidence Management System.",
"questionnaire_evidence": [],
"reference": "665e4246-3ab5-411a-bf0c-3a0e6044a088-917033",
"registration_evidence": [],
"relevance_evidence": {
"SOFTWARE_DELIVERY": [
"evidence management"
]
},
"requirement_items": "",
"selection_requirements": [],
"sme_suitability": [
{
"sme": false,
"vcse": false
}
],
"submission_method": "UNKNOWN",
"value_excluding_vat": null,
"value_including_vat": null,
"value_minimum": null,
"value_scope": "TOTAL_NOTICE_NOT_PURA_ADDRESSABLE",
"vat_basis": "VAT basis not explicit in release"
}Commercial inferences
[]
Unknowns
[]
Possible services
[
{
"confidence": "MEDIUM",
"rationale": "evidence management",
"service": "SOFTWARE_DELIVERY"
}
]Provenance
{
"licence": "http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
"ocid": "ocds-b5fd17-dc197216-c450-44e2-b216-b835acef9f03",
"release_id": "665e4246-3ab5-411a-bf0c-3a0e6044a088-917033"
}Related signals
[]