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DSIT

GOV.UK Delegation Agreement - Nominet (Direct Award)

IT ServicesCPV 72000000
Value£75k
Awarded16 Sept 2025
Published13 Apr 2026
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

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Contract value in context
£75ktotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£3.5m

This sits in the lower-middle of the IT Services band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

This contract covers the delegation and ongoing management of the GOV.UK domain.

The services are provided by Nominet UK, which operates the UK country code top level domain and is the sole organisation able to deliver the GOV.UK domain delegation and associated services.

The contract has been awarded by direct award due to a natural monopoly, as only Nominet UK can provide this service.

No competition or technical evaluation was possible.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The services are provided by Nominet UK

The services are provided by Nominet UK, which operates the UK country code top level domain and is the sole organisation able to deliver the GOV.UK domain delegation and associated services.

02

The contract has been awarded by direct

The contract has been awarded by direct award due to a natural monopoly, as only Nominet UK can provide this service.

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Source & provenance
OCID
38962834-06c9-4991-a206-9215a80acb14
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
tender_527144/1567766
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