Scope
Description
Procurement of Marine Data Products through purchase of Oceanwise Ltd Software Licenses. In line with the Procurement Act 2023, this complies with the thresholds for a Direct Award due to the following justification:
"6. (a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required and
(b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works." This is because Oceanwise have the expertise and knowledge, along with ownership of the best available marine data sources, to produce a dataset that will replace legacy, poor-quality data that has been used previously.
Additionally, given the nature of this procurement (i.e. below the Procurement Act threshold of £139,688), this is a below threshold Direct Award and therefore is compliant with the Below Threshold rules within the Procurement Act 2023.
Contract 1. Procurement of Marine DEM Data Products
Supplier
Contract value
- £24,951.60 excluding VAT
- £29,941.92 including VAT
Below the relevant threshold
Date signed
14 August 2025
Contract dates
- 25 August 2025 to 25 August 2026
- 1 year, 1 day
Main procurement category
Goods
CPV classifications
- 48218000 - License management software package
Contract locations
- UK - United Kingdom
Procedure
Procedure type
Below threshold - without competition
Supplier
OceanWise Limited
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PQQB-6568-ZDTV
Unit 6-7 Delta Park, Wilsom Road
Altob
GU34 2RQ
United Kingdom
Email: info@oceanwise-global.com
Region: UKJ36 - Central Hampshire
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Contract 1. Procurement of Marine DEM Data Products
Contracting authority
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PNBD-3289-CDGX
Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
United Kingdom
Contact name: Tom Dubberley
Email: tom.dubberley@defra.gov.uk
Region: UKI32 - Westminster
Organisation type: Public authority - central government