AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
HM Revenue & Customs awarded CRIMESTOPPERS TRUST a £100,000 contract for a 10-week digital-first campaign on illicit tobacco, including public reporting routes. A later contract-change notice proposes a further campaign and a £40,000 increase; the change is subject to standstill and should not be treated as a concluded variation.
Published outcomeAwarded to CRIMESTOPPERS TRUST under a below-threshold direct procurement without competition. The published record also contains a proposed contract amendment.
Market significanceThe requirement combines public-information campaign delivery with anonymous crime-reporting integration. HMRC states in the proposed amendment rationale that Crimestoppers was uniquely able to provide fully anonymous public reporting with direct police integration.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
CRIMESTOPPERS TRUST
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · 100000 GBP · verified supplier; active award record
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Award 1 identifies the supplier through company number 05382856; supplier verification confirms CRIMESTOPPERS TRUST via company-number matching.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Award status
94% confidenceActive award record
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Award 1 is marked "active" with award date 13 February 2026.
Award announcement
97% confidencePublished 13 February 2026
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Release history records a Contract award notice published on 13 February 2026.
Proposed contract change
97% confidenceFurther campaign and value increase proposed
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The 13 October 2026 UK10 contract change notice records a proposed amendment, with a proposed date of 23 October 2026 and standstill marked true.
VALUES
Published values explained
Original awarded value
98% confidence£100,000
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Award 1 value is 100000 GBP.
Proposed increase
94% confidence£40,000
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The proposed-amendment rationale states that the variation is for a value increase of £40,000.
Proposed amended value
97% confidence£140,000 excluding VAT; £168,000 including VAT
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The proposed amendment value lists amount £140,000 and gross amount £168,000.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award date
98% confidence13 February 2026
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Award 1 has award_date 2026-02-13.
Award notice publication
98% confidence13 February 2026
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Release history records the contract award notice at 2026-02-13T16:05:17Z.
Contract-change notice publication
98% confidence13 October 2026
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The UK10 document was published at 2026-10-13T15:48:39+01:00.
Proposed amendment date
94% confidence23 October 2026
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The proposed amendment period start date is 2026-10-23T23:59:59+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Campaign objective
96% confidenceChange public perception of illicit tobacco and provide routes to report suspected importation, storage, supply and sale.
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The opportunity description sets these objectives.
Campaign duration
97% confidence10-week national campaign
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The opportunity description specifies a 10-week national campaign.
Core deliverables
96% confidenceDigital-first campaign, messaging and creative assets, campaign landing page, stakeholder briefing pack, and amplification activity.
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The published description lists these deliverables.
Reporting service
95% confidenceCampaign-generated reports are to be forwarded to HMRC through the mechanism in the existing agreement between supplier and customer.
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The opportunity description states this reporting arrangement.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceDirect; below threshold without competition
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The process records procurement_method "direct" and procurement_method_details "Below threshold - without competition".
Amendment rationale
93% confidenceHMRC states that no alternative supplier met the requirement for fully anonymous public crime reporting with direct police integration.
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This is stated in the proposed-amendment rationale.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Amendment status
98% confidenceProposed and subject to standstill
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The proposed amendment has standstill set to true.
Amendment purpose
96% confidenceFurther campaign in addition to that already provided by the contract
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The proposed-amendment rationale describes a further campaign.
Original contract start and end
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published data
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The record contains no contract start or end date.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
94% confidenceSingle-supplier direct award with a proposed expansion
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One supplier is identified for award 1; the procurement was direct, and the later notice proposes a further campaign.
Demand signal
93% confidenceFurther work is conditional rather than committed
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The original description says further campaigns may be considered if the test-and-learn activity is successful; the later notice separately proposes a further campaign.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Change not yet evidenced as concluded
99% confidenceThe amendment is presented as proposed and subject to standstill; publication does not confirm that it took effect.
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The contract record uses proposedAmendments and sets standstill to true.
Value presentation
98% confidenceThe original award is £100,000, while the proposed amendment reports £140,000 excluding VAT and £168,000 including VAT. These figures are reported without treating the amendment as final.
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Award and proposed-amendment value fields.
Contract dates
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No original contract start or end date is provided.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The contract-change record is a proposed amendment subject to standstill, not evidence of a signed or operative variation.
- No original contract start date, end date, extension terms, renewal options, pricing breakdown or evaluation information is supplied.
- The notice does not provide individual pricing for campaign deliverables or an outcome measure for the test-and-learn activity.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
HMRCCRIMESTOPPERS TRUSTillicit tobacco campaigncontract awardcontract change noticecrime reporting
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the HMRC illicit tobacco campaign award?
CRIMESTOPPERS TRUST was identified as the supplier for award 1.
What was the original award value?
The published award value is £100,000.
Has the £40,000 contract increase been concluded?
The published change notice records it as a proposed amendment subject to standstill; it does not evidence a concluded variation.
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