AwardedAwarded 12 October 2026

BLC0218a Crypto Capabilities: Storage and Realisation

Bluelight Commercial Limited · Local or regional public body

In brief

Bluelight Commercial Limited awarded IT and software work to Withheld Section94 supplier on 12 October 2026.

It is a framework worth up to £40,000,000 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.

The contract runs for 4 years, up to 8 years with extensions, starting 19 August 2026.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

What the notice says

This Contract Award Notice is to establish a single-operator framework behalf of the Home Office to provide a secure crypto storage and services. This framework will support the delivery of the Economic Crime Plan 2 through provision of secure storage of cryptoassets during legal proceedings and ensuring assets can be returned to owners, returned to victims or sold. The contracting authority is withholding from publication as part of this notice the name, address and other identifying information about the successful supplier, under the exemption provided by section 94(1)(a) of the Act (general exemption from duties to publish or disclose information), on the grounds that withholding this information from publication or other disclosure is necessary for the purpose of safeguarding national security.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Withheld Section94 supplier (SME)
8 bids received
£40,000,000
Awarded 12 October 2026

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 013828-2026
  2. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 096668-2026

About the buyer

Procurements

46

Awards

16

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From notice 013828-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 16 February 2026, last updated 13 October 2026. We last checked for changes on 13 October 2026.