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Evidential Scanning Services

HM Revenue & Customs · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 26 Sept 2026, 09:21.

Opportunity overview

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is seeking to establish a single supplier for the provision of evidential scanning services. The service will support HMRC's Fraud Investigation Service (FIS) teams' efforts to bring the most harmful tax evaders to justice. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) requires HMRC to provide its evidence electronically, which, if required, is also used for Electronic Presentation of Evidence (EPE). Accordingly, the service has specific requirements to preserve the integrity of physical documents, ensure that digital copies are an accurate and complete representation of the original documents, and protect evidential material from loss, damage, tampering or unauthorised access. The Supplier shall provide dedicated secure storage and processing facilities for HMRC material, with access restricted to authorised personnel and used solely for the delivery of the Services. The Supplier must maintain a complete chain of custody for all evidential material throughout receipt, storage, processing, scanning, transfer and disposal activities. Pursuant to Regulation 18(2)(z) of the Procurement Regulations 2024, HMRC has identified the following specific, known risks which cannot be fully quantified, priced, or resolved at the time of contract award, and which may impact the value of this contract: The service will be delivered on an ad hoc and demand led basis, and HMRC does not guarantee any minimum volumes. Demand may fluctuate throughout the contract term as a result of operational, investigative, legislative, or policy-drive factors, including, but not limited to, changes in case volumes, enforcement activity, or wider business needs. These known risks may result in actual volumes and total contract spend being materially higher or lower than the estimated levels provided. Any volumes stated by HMRC in the tender documents are historic and/or indicative estimates only and shall not constitute a commitment or obligation. Suppliers must acknowledge and accept this variability and shall ensure that its capacity, scalability, and commercial arrangements are sufficiently flexible to accommodate fluctuations without adversely affecting service delivery or performance.

Classification

  • CPV72512000 — Document management services
  • CPV79999100 — Scanning services

Lots

  • Lot 1£500k

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
SR2890586655
Status
active
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
How to submit
1) Suppliers who wish to participate in public procurements are required to register on the Government's Central Digital Platform (CDP). Suppliers can submit their core supplier information and, where a procurement opportunity arises, share this information with HMRC via the CDP. It is free to use and will mean you should no longer have to re-enter your core supplier information for each public procurement but simply ensure it is up to date and subsequently share as needed. The CDP is available at https://www.gov.uk/findtender. 2) This procurement will be conducted by way of an eSourcing event using HMRC's SAP Ariba eSourcing Portal. Please ensure you are registered with the eSourcing Portal to gain access to the procurement documentation when it is released which will contain full details of the requirement. If you are not already registered, the registration link is: http://hmrc.sourcing-eu.ariba.com/ad/selfRegistration As part of the registration process you will receive a system generated email asking you to activate your SAP Ariba supplier account by verifying your email address. Once you have completed the activation process you will receive a further email by return confirming the 'registration process is now complete' and providing you with 'your organisation's account ID' number. If an email response from HMRC is not received within one working day of your request, please re-contact sapariba.hmrcsupport@hmrc.gov.uk (after first checking your spam in-box) notifying non-receipt and confirming when your registration request was first made. Once you have obtained 'your organization's account ID' number, please email bhavina.patel1@hmrc.gov.uk and copy in e.procurement@hmrc.gov.uk & amandip.kang1@hmrc.gov.uk with your: Contract title and Reference Your organisation's HMRC SAP Ariba account ID Your organisation name Your name Your email address Your telephone number. Once you have complied with the foregoing you will receive an e-mail confirming access to the procurement event once it is built. Further information about HMRC's procurement tool SAP Ariba, a Suppliers Guide and general information about supplying to HMRC is available on the HMRC website: www.hmrc.gov.uk/about/supplying.htm If you have already registered on SAP Ariba then you may also need to re-register on HMRC's SAP Ariba in order to be added to the event. Tenders must be submitted via the SAP Ariba event for this procurement, in the formats specified in the tendering instructions provided in the event. Tenders submitted by other means will not be considered by HMRC.
Published risks
Pursuant to Regulation 18(2)(z) of the Procurement Regulations 2024, HMRC has identified the following specific, known risks which cannot be fully quantified, priced, or resolved at the time of contract award, and which may impact the value of this contract: The service will be delivered on an ad hoc and demand led basis, and HMRC does not guarantee any minimum volumes. Demand may fluctuate throughout the contract term as a result of operational, investigative, legislative, or policy-drive factors, including, but not limited to, changes in case volumes, enforcement activity, or wider business needs. These known risks may result in actual volumes and total contract spend being materially higher or lower than the estimated levels provided. Any volumes stated by HMRC in the tender documents are historic and/or indicative estimates only and shall not constitute a commitment or obligation. Suppliers must acknowledge and accept this variability and shall ensure that its capacity, scalability, and commercial arrangements are sufficiently flexible to accommodate fluctuations without adversely affecting service delivery or performance.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Covered By

GPA

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Languages

en

Tender Period

Ends
1 Sept 2026, 23:59

Enquiry period

Ends
24 Aug 2026, 23:59

Expected award period

Ends
14 Oct 2026, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes

Value

Including VAT
600,000
Amount
500,000
Currency
GBP

Award criteria

Weighting Description
The quality criteria are each assigned a percentage weighting. This weighting is used in calculating an overall quality score for each tender. This quality score is then weighed against a tenders cost submission using the PQP evaluation methodology, to determine the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MAT). Please see the Tendering Instructions attached to the SAP Ariba event for further details.

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
quality
Name
Quality
Description
Quality will account for 90% of the overall evaluation. Further information, including the quality question breakdown, is provided within the Further Competition document, located in the event in SAP Ariba
Criterion 2
Type
quality
Name
Social Value
Description
Social Value will account for 10% of the overall evaluation. Further details are provided within the tender event in SAP Ariba
Criterion 3
Type
price
Name
Pricing
Description
Weighted against the quality criteria using the Price per Quality Point (PQP) evaluation methodology. Please see the Tendering Instructions attached to the SAP Ariba event for further details.

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
economic
Description
Please see the SAP Ariba event for details of the legal and financial capacity conditions of participation for this contract.
Criterion 2
Type
technical
Description
Please see the SAP Ariba event for details of the legal and financial capacity conditions of participation for this contract.

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Contract period

Starts
27 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends
26 Oct 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
26 Oct 2031, 23:59

Renewal

Description
This contract has a three (3) year initial term and two (2) optional one (1) year extensions, up to a maximum total term of five (5) years. It will be at the sole discretion of HMRC to decide whether the extensions are used.

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
72512000
Description
Document management services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
79999100
Description
Scanning services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Entry 2
Id
A-19568
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Format
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation
Entry 3
Id
073344-2026
Document Type
tenderNotice
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Published
3 Aug 2026, 16:10
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
HM Revenue & Customs
Id
GB-PPON-PVMW-8599-JZNJ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PVMW-8599-JZNJ

Address

Street Address
100 Parliament Street
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1A 2BQ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI32

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1A 2BQ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 066711-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 073344-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·