Cabinet Office awards Rustici Engine contract to Rustici Software

Tender information last checkedLast checked 16 Oct 2026, 10:01.

Opportunity overview

Provision of a proprietary software licence and tier-3 support services for the Rustici Engine. The software integrates directly with the bespoke CSL learning management system (LMS), providing an on-premise xAPI-conformant Learning Record Store (LRS) and native support for SCORM (1.2, 2004 2nd/3rd/4th eds), AICC, cmi5, xAPI, and LTI standards, while preserving Government Digital Service (GDS) front-end styling.

Awarded to

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Rustici Software

No match

Published award value: US$289.5k
Awarded: 24 Aug 2026
Award ID: 1
Status: active
Identifier: GB-PPON PLJJ-9765-PQVM
Location: Frankin, US, 37067, United States

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Contract details notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: ocds-h6vhtk-0775ed
Status: complete
Procurement Method: direct
Procurement Method Details: Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen: The Rustici Engine software remains the only viable solution for our specific requirements. This includes: It being an 'on-premise' solution integrated directly with our bespoke LMS. Including a Learning Record Store (LRS), supporting both xAPI and SCORM, and accommodating third-party learning material. Full integration within the Civil Service Learning (CSL) website, ensuring the site remains visually unchanged and maintaining its Government Digital Service-approved styling.

Legal basis

Id: 2023/54
Scheme: UKPGA
Uri: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ↗

Procedure reasons

Entry 1

Id: singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights

Entry 2

Id: singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Covered By

GPA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Status: complete

Published documents

Entry 1

Id: conflictOfInterest
Document Type: conflictOfInterest
Description: Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: Cabinet Office
Id: GB-PPON-PRVX-1591-PJVV

Identifier

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PRVX-1591-PJVV

Address

Street Address: 70 Whitehall
Locality: London
Postal Code: SW1A 2AS
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKI32

Contact

Email: commercial@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: UK_CA_TYPE
Id: publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description: Public authority - central government

Organisation 2

Name: Rustici Software
Id: GB-PPON-PLJJ-9765-PQVM

Identifier

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PLJJ-9765-PQVM

Address

Street Address: 3351 Aspen Grove Dr Ste 300
Locality: Frankin
Postal Code: 37067
Country: US
Country Name: United States
Region: US

Contact

Email: info@rusticisoftware.com

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: sme
Vcse: No
Public Service Mission Organization: No
Sheltered Workshop: No

Award information

Award 1

Id: 1
Status: active
Main Procurement Category: services

Items

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: CPV
Id: 48000000
Description: Software package and information systems

Entry 2

Scheme: CPV
Id: 72000000
Description: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UK
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-PPON-PLJJ-9765-PQVM
Name: Rustici Software

Related lots

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 1
Award ID: 1
Status: active
Above Threshold: Yes
Date Signed: 18 Sept 2026, 00:00
No Agreed Metrics Rationale: Key Performance Indicators have not been set for this contract pursuant to Section 52(1) of the Procurement Act 2023, as the total estimated value of the contract ($289,500 USD) does not exceed the £5,000,000 statutory threshold. Furthermore, under Section 52(2), the contract concerns off-the-shelf software licensing and support, where performance is appropriately governed by standard warranty and specification compliance terms rather than operational KPIs.

Period

Starts: 19 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends: 18 Sept 2029, 23:59

Value

Including VAT: 347,400
Amount: 289,500
Currency: USD

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 097704-2026
Document Type: contractNotice
Notice Type: UK7
Description: Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Url: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097704-2026 ↗
Published: 16 Oct 2026, 08:40
Format: text/html

Recorded locations

Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1A 2AS · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS

088911-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender · 18 Sept 2026, 17:22
089740-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender · 22 Sept 2026, 15:12
097704-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender · 16 Oct 2026, 08:40

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

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ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

Cabinet Office has directly awarded Rustici Software a contract for Rustici Engine software licensing and tier-3 support for the Civil Service Learning platform. The signed contract runs from 19 September 2026 to 18 September 2029.

Published outcome signals

Procurement stageContractEvidence: Process stage is recorded as "contract" and the notice is a Contract details notice.
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award 1 status is "active".
Contract statusActiveEvidence: Contract 1 status is "active".

97% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 097704-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0775ed
First published: 18 Sept 2026
Last checked: 16 Oct 2026, 10:01
Notice versions reviewed: 3

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 16 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One active award and contract are recorded for Rustici Software, covering lot 1.

Market significance

This is a single-supplier direct award for proprietary, on-premise learning-platform software and support. The buyer cites exclusive intellectual-property rights and technical reasons.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

Rustici Software

99% confidence

Award 1 · Lots 1 · 289,500 USD · Active award; active contract

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Award 1 names Rustici Software as supplier and is linked to contract 1. Contract value is USD 289,500 excluding gross value.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Procurement stage

99% confidence

Contract

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Process stage is recorded as "contract" and the notice is a Contract details notice.

Award status

99% confidence

Active

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Award 1 status is "active".

Contract status

99% confidence

Active

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Contract 1 status is "active".

Contract signature

99% confidence

Signed on 18 September 2026

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Contract 1 records dateSigned as 2026-09-18.

VALUES

Published values explained

Contract value, excluding gross amount

99% confidence

USD 289,500

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Contract 1 value.amount is 289500 USD.

Contract value, gross amount

99% confidence

USD 347,400

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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 347400 USD.

Value allocation

96% confidence

Single award and supplier

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The only contract is linked to award 1, which names one supplier.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Award date

94% confidence

25 August 2026

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Award record 1 gives award_date as 2026-08-25.

Contract signed

99% confidence

18 September 2026

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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-09-18.

Contract start

99% confidence

19 September 2026

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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-09-19.

Contract end

99% confidence

18 September 2029

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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2029-09-18.

Latest published notice

99% confidence

16 October 2026

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The Contract details notice was published on 2026-10-16.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

99% confidence

Proprietary Rustici Engine software licence and tier-3 support services

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The procurement description specifies a proprietary software licence and tier-3 support for Rustici Engine.

Technical scope

99% confidence

On-premise xAPI-conformant Learning Record Store integrated with the bespoke CSL LMS

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The description states that the software integrates with the bespoke CSL LMS and provides an on-premise xAPI-conformant LRS.

Supported standards

99% confidence

SCORM 1.2 and 2004 editions, AICC, cmi5, xAPI and LTI

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These standards are expressly listed in the procurement description.

Delivery location

98% confidence

United Kingdom

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The award item delivery address is recorded as UK, GB.

Procurement categories

99% confidence

Software package and information systems; IT services, consulting, software development, internet and support

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Award item CPV classifications are 48000000 and 72000000.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procedure

99% confidence

Direct award

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The process procurement method and details are recorded as direct and Direct award.

Direct-award rationale

99% confidence

The buyer states Rustici Engine is the only viable solution for the specified on-premise LMS integration, LRS and standards requirements while retaining CSL site styling.

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Published procurement-method rationale.

Rationale classifications

99% confidence

Single supplier: intellectual-property/exclusive-rights and technical reasons

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The tender rationale classifications list singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights and singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons.

Competition information

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice.

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No bid count, bidder list, evaluation scores or comparative pricing are provided.

International coverage

98% confidence

Covered by GPA

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Tender coveredBy lists GPA.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Term

99% confidence

3 years

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The contract period runs from 19 September 2026 to 18 September 2029.

Performance metrics

99% confidence

No agreed KPIs recorded

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The contract says KPIs have not been set, citing Section 52 and off-the-shelf software licensing and support governed by warranty and specification compliance terms.

Above-threshold status

99% confidence

Above threshold

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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is true.

Extension or renewal terms

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice.

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No extension or renewal option is recorded.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Commercial model

99% confidence

Software licensing with tier-3 support

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The stated requirement is a proprietary software licence and tier-3 support services.

Supplier position

98% confidence

The buyer describes Rustici Engine as the only viable solution for its stated requirements.

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Published direct-award rationale; this is the buyer's stated assessment, not an independently tested market conclusion.

Integration dependency

98% confidence

The requirement is closely tied to the bespoke Civil Service Learning LMS and preservation of GDS-approved styling.

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The procurement description and direct-award rationale refer to direct LMS integration, CSL website integration and unchanged GDS styling.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

97%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-0775ed
Analysed: 16 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

Cabinet Office

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The buyer party is Cabinet Office.

Buyer type

99% confidence

Central government public authority

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Buyer classification is publicAuthorityCentralGovernment.

Buyer location

99% confidence

London, United Kingdom

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Buyer address is 70 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2AS.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Supplier

99% confidence

Rustici Software

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The supplier party and award supplier are named Rustici Software.

Supplier location

94% confidence

Frankin, United States

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Supplier address locality is recorded as Frankin, postal code 37067, United States.

Supplier scale

98% confidence

SME

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Supplier party details classify the supplier as SME.

Identity verification context

97% confidence

Not applicable

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Supplier verification status is not_applicable; no verified company name was supplied.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated re-procurement timing

75% confidence

Around September 2029, if the requirement continues and no extension applies

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This is an estimate based only on the explicit contract end date of 18 September 2029; no renewal or extension terms are published.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Notice completeness

97% confidence

Contract details are sufficient to identify the supplier, signed contract, value and term.

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Published contract includes supplier, value, signature date, start/end dates and scope.

Supplier legal-entity verification

99% confidence

No verified legal company name or company number was supplied; Rustici Software is reported as the source supplier name.

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Supplier verification is not_applicable and verified_company_name is null.

Lot detail

99% confidence

Lot 1 has no published title, description or separate value.

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Lot 1 fields are null for title, description and value.

Competition and evaluation detail

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice.

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No bid count, participant list, scores or evaluation breakdown is provided.

Value presentation

99% confidence

The notice reports USD 289,500 and USD 347,400 gross; no GBP conversion is published.

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Contract value fields are denominated in USD.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

No verified legal company name or company number was supplied for Rustici Software; its name is reported from the source notice.
Information not supplied in the published notice: bid count, competing suppliers, evaluation scores, pricing breakdown, lot 1 title, lot 1 description, separate lot value, and extension or renewal terms.
The notice gives values in USD only; no GBP conversion is published.
The buyer's statement that Rustici Engine is the only viable solution is a published direct-award rationale, not an independently verified market assessment.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who won the Cabinet Office Rustici Engine contract?

Rustici Software is named as the sole supplier for award 1.

What is the contract value?

The contract value is USD 289,500, with a reported gross amount of USD 347,400.

When does the contract run?

It is signed from 19 September 2026 to 18 September 2029.

Why was this a direct award?

The Cabinet Office states that Rustici Engine was the only viable solution for its specified on-premise LMS integration, standards support and Civil Service Learning styling requirements.

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

Learning Platform for Government xAPI standard interface

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

Rustici Software

Classification

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Contact

Roles

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