Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
UK Export Finance
1 Horse Guards Rd,
London
SW1A2HQ
UK
Contact person: Salman Chaudhry
E-mail: salman.chaudhry@ukexportfinance.gov.uk
NUTS: UKI32
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-export-finance
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Economic and financial affairs
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Gartner Research Services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79212000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
IT licences for Audit security team within UKEF.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
55 600.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Information licenses and audit support for the UKEF audit team.
Gartner for Audit and Risk provides access to resources to support UKEF's audit strategy, planning, delivery, continual professional development training needs and risk management horizon scanning activities.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Information licenses and audit support for the UKEF audit team.
Gartner for Audit and Risk provides access to resources to support UKEF's audit strategy, planning, delivery, continual professional development training needs and risk management horizon scanning activities.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
Direct Award from CCS framework. CCS G-cloud 14 framework under lot 3 Cloud Support identified as a suitable framework to complete a Direct Award from. Used by government bodies and Local Authorities. Framework falls under PCR2015 regulations.
Current provider is Gartner UK Ltd as they are the only supplier who do not use a re-seller.
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: UKEF1328
Title: Gartner Research Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
27/04/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Gartner UK Limited
02266016
Egham
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 55 600.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
27/04/2026