Awarded contract

WP2279 Licensify - Support and Maintenance for GOV.UK Licensing System

Details

Buyer: Department for Science Innovation and Technology
Supplier(s): Apto Solutions Limited
Value: £289,600
Duration: 2 years
Topic: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Published: 18 September 2025
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

EForm licences, support and development for GOV.UK Licensing system. The Licensify EForms and backend system is part of the GOV.UK licensing service, a live transactional service which has been running for over 10 years. The end to end service allows citizens to find, apply and pay for a large set of licences online and includes a backend management system for local authorities to manage what licence forms they offer and to process the applications and payments made. Call off from a Framework Agreement - RM1557.14

Timeline

Completed: Award published18 September 2025
Current notice
Completed: Award date1 October 2025
Next: Contract expiry date30 September 2027in 11 months

About the buyer

The Department for Science Innovation and Technology is a central government department, and a dedicated commercial directorate leads on its procurement work alongside project and delivery teams. Common goods and services are bought through Crown Commercial Service frameworks. UK Shared Business Services, a shared-services provider, manages many of the department's lower-value procurements on its behalf. Low-value orders require multiple supplier quotes to ensure value for money.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Department for Science Innovation and Technology's contract awards have been in IT services, research and development and software and information systems.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-science-innovation-and-technology.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-science-innovation-and-technology.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-science-innovation-and-technology.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-science-innovation-and-technology.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-science-innovation-and-technology.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-science-innovation-and-technology.gov