The government tax department has entered into a new engagement for the provision of specialist software allowing officials to track and respond to potential dangers in the organisation’s supply chain

HM Revenue and Customs has agreed a six-figure contract to enable it to monitor the potential risks associated with 500 firms supplying goods and services to the department.

On 18 July, HMRC is to enter into an initial three-year deal with IT reseller Bytes, which will supply the department with specialist software from Risk Ledger. A newly published commercial notice reveals that the agreement will see the provider “providing 20 users [at HMRC] with the ability to access information about 500 suppliers” using the Enterprise package offered by Risk Ledger.

The engagement – which can be extended by two further one-year terms, taking the potential end date to summer 2030 – is valued at £375,000. This sum is payable upfront, the text of the contract indicates.

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The worth of this deal represents an expansion of HMRC’s previous contract for Risk Ledger licences – a one-year agreement that came into effect in 2023 with a £100,000 price tag. That contract was fulfilled by another reseller: boxxe.

According to Risk Ledger’s website, the London-based company’s software provides clients with “a collaborative platform for supplier due diligence that helps organisations simplify, visualise, and mitigate supply chain risk”.

Online procurement records indicate that, since 2022, the firm’s system has been deployed by a range of public bodies, including the likes NHS England, Stevenage Borough Council, and Lancashire Constabulary. A growing array of Whitehall departments also use the risk-management software, including the Departments for Transport, Health and Social Care, and Business and Trade, as well as the Home Office – which has spent more than £800,000 on the technology in the past two years.