AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Worcestershire County Council has published contract details for a planning case officer service supporting waste planning applications and Planning and Regulatory Committee reporting. The contract is recorded as signed and active with AXIS P.E.D LTD.
Published outcomeAward 1 is active and names AXIS P.E.D LTD as the sole supplier for lot 1. The published contract value is £60,000 gross.
Market significanceThis is a below-threshold, limited-competition consultancy engagement for planning and technical advisory services.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
AXIS P.E.D LTD
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £60,000 gross (contract-level value) GBP · Verified legal supplier; award and contract active
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Award 1 names Axis PED Ltd (GB-COH-03872453); supplier verification matches company number 03872453 to verified company name AXIS P.E.D LTD. Contract 1, linked to award 1, is valued at £60,000 gross.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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The process and contract document are labelled “Contract details notice on Find a Tender”.
Procurement status
98% confidenceComplete
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The tender status is “complete”; lot 1 is also marked “complete”.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 has status “active”.
Contract status
99% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 has status “active”.
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned on 1 October 2026
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Contract 1 records dateSigned as 2026-10-01.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published contract value
99% confidence£60,000 gross
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Contract 1 value is amountGross 60000, currency GBP.
Value allocation
96% confidenceContract-level value; no separate lot value published
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The contract is linked to award 1 and lot 1, while the lot record has no value amount.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence1 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-01.
Contract start
99% confidence1 October 2026
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-10-01.
Contract end
99% confidence31 October 2027
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Contract 1 period endDate is 2027-10-31T23:59:59Z.
Notice published
99% confidence14 October 2026
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The contract details notice was published at 2026-10-14T12:31:33+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidencePlanning case officer support for waste planning applications, including preparation of the Planning and Regulatory Committee Report
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The published title is “Planning Consultant (Waste Planning Applications)” and the description states “Planning Case Officer, including preparation of the Planning and Regulatory Committee Report.”
Procurement category
99% confidenceServices
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Award 1 lists mainProcurementCategory as services.
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 71621000 — Technical analysis or consultancy services
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Award item 1 includes this CPV classification.
Lot structure
98% confidenceOne published lot: lot 1
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The tender contains lot 1 only; award 1 and contract 1 are linked to it.
Delivery coverage
97% confidenceEnglish regions UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ and UKK
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Award item 1 lists delivery addresses in these UK regions.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceLimited
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The tender procurementMethod is “limited”.
Procedure detail
99% confidenceBelow threshold - limited competition
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The tender procurementMethodDetails states “Below threshold - limited competition”.
Threshold indication
99% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract 1 records aboveThreshold as false.
Competition information
99% confidenceNumber of bids and evaluation results unknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract period
99% confidence1 October 2026 to 31 October 2027
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Contract 1 period gives these start and end dates.
Duration
97% confidenceApproximately 13 months
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Calculated from the explicit contract period of 1 October 2026 to 31 October 2027.
Contract value basis
99% confidenceGross value
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The contract value field is amountGross 60000.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Engagement profile
96% confidenceA defined planning consultancy assignment supporting waste-planning casework and committee reporting
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Based on the published requirement description.
Route-to-market signal
99% confidenceThe buyer used a below-threshold limited-competition route
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The procurement method detail is explicitly recorded as “Below threshold - limited competition”.
Supplier positioning signal
98% confidenceThe named supplier is recorded as an SME in the published contract data
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Supplier party details state scale “sme”.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier-name reconciliation
99% confidenceVerified legal name differs in punctuation and styling from the source notice name
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Verified company-name matching identifies AXIS P.E.D LTD, while the source party and award name is Axis PED Ltd; the verification record flags a mismatch.
Award date
99% confidenceNot published
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Award 1 has no award_date and the contract data provides no separate award decision date.
Lot-level valuation
99% confidenceNot published
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Lot 1 has no value amount; the £60,000 gross figure is published only at contract level.
Evaluation and competition detail
99% confidenceNot published
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Information on tenderers, scores, award rationale and bid count is not supplied in the published notice data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No separate award decision date is published.
- The published £60,000 gross value is at contract level; no individual lot value or pricing breakdown is supplied.
- Bid count, bidder identities, evaluation scores, award rationale and savings are not supplied.
- No extension, renewal or option terms are published; the renewal horizon is only an estimate based on the contract end date.
- The source supplier name, “Axis PED Ltd”, differs from the verified legal name, “AXIS P.E.D LTD”; the verified legal identity has been used.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Worcestershire County CouncilAXIS P.E.D LTDwaste planning applicationsplanning consultantplanning case officerPlanning and Regulatory Committee Reporttechnical consultancy servicespublic procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won Worcestershire County Council's planning consultant contract?
AXIS P.E.D LTD, verified by company number 03872453, is named as the sole supplier for award 1 and lot 1.
What is the value of the contract?
The published contract-level value is £60,000 gross. No separate lot value is published.
When does the contract run?
The published contract period runs from 1 October 2026 to 31 October 2027, and it was recorded as signed on 1 October 2026.
What services are covered?
The requirement covers planning case officer support for waste planning applications, including preparation of the Planning and Regulatory Committee Report.
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