AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
British Business Bank PLC published an award notice for a £207,318 fixed-price, outcome-based consultancy and technical-delivery engagement for Microsoft Purview Sensitivity Labelling. The award record identifies I3WORKS LTD as the verified legal supplier, although the source notice names Alexander Mann Solutions Limited for the same Companies House number.
Published outcomeOne active award was recorded under a Workforce Solutions framework call-off, with a stated delivery period from 19 October 2026 to 18 March 2027. The published data does not explicitly confirm contract signature.
Market significanceThis is a targeted information-protection implementation requirement covering Purview labelling, automated labelling, data remediation, deployment support and knowledge transfer. Its stated £207,318 value indicates a defined specialist delivery assignment rather than an open-ended managed service.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
I3WORKS LTD
82% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-11d61d34-9f02-45ee-a1d4-0e52aade27d2-1 · 207318 GBP · Verified legal identity; source award active
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Supplier verification identifies I3WORKS LTD, company number SC477423, by company-number match. The award record is active and has value £207,318.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
98% confidenceAwarded contract notice; source tender status complete and award status active
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The notice is titled “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”; tender status is “complete” and the award status is “active”.
Award decision date
98% confidence13 October 2026
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The award record gives date 2026-10-13T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract signature
96% confidenceNot explicitly stated
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The supplied notice contains award and contract-period fields but no explicit signature or conclusion field.
Stated contract start
98% confidence19 October 2026
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The tender and award contractPeriod startDate is 2026-10-19T00:00:00+01:00.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
98% confidence£207,318
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The award value is 207318 GBP. One supplier is listed on the single award record.
Pricing model
94% confidenceFixed-price, outcome-based
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The notice description calls this a “fixed-price, outcome-based professional services contract”.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender submission deadline
98% confidence5 October 2026, 23:59 (+01:00)
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Tender period endDate is 2026-10-05T23:59:00+01:00.
Award date
98% confidence13 October 2026
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The award record date is 2026-10-13T00:00:00+01:00.
Notice publication
98% confidence20 October 2026
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The award notice datePublished is 2026-10-20T11:13:56+01:00.
Stated end date
98% confidence18 March 2027
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The contractPeriod endDate is 2027-03-18T23:59:59Z.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceMicrosoft Purview Sensitivity Labelling implementation consultancy and technical delivery
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The notice title and description state this requirement.
Delivery activities
96% confidenceData discovery and remediation; sensitivity-label, policy and automated-labelling design, configuration, testing and deployment; user adoption, go-live support and knowledge transfer
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These activities are listed in the notice description.
Business objectives
94% confidenceSupport for AI enablement, data governance, regulatory compliance and information control
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The notice description lists these objectives.
Primary classification
98% confidenceCPV 79620000 — Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
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The tender classification is CPV 79620000.
Delivery geography
94% confidenceUnited Kingdom
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The tender item delivery address specifies United Kingdom.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
98% confidenceSelective
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The tender procurementMethod is “selective”.
Route to market
98% confidenceCall-off from a framework agreement
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The tender procurementMethodDetails states “Call-off from a framework agreement”.
Framework named in description
94% confidenceWorkforce Solutions framework
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The description states that the contract was called off through the Workforce Solutions framework.
Competition information
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No bidder count, tenderer list, evaluation scores or ranking is provided.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract period
98% confidence19 October 2026 to 18 March 2027
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The award contractPeriod gives those start and end dates.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No extension, option or renewal clause is included in the supplied fields.
Statement of Work
93% confidenceDelivery stated to use a Statement of Work
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The description says the call-off uses a Statement of Work for delivery.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Mobilisation rationale stated by buyer
92% confidenceThe route is described as providing an established team with knowledge of the Bank’s Purview environment, reducing mobilisation time and delivery risk, and creating accountability for milestones and outcomes.
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These are stated in the notice description.
Evaluation rationale
97% confidenceNo published scoring or comparative award rationale
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The description states anticipated route benefits but does not provide evaluation scores, bidder comparisons or a formal award justification.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier-name inconsistency
99% confidenceVerified legal identity differs from the source supplier name
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Verification maps SC477423 to I3WORKS LTD; the source award and party data name Alexander Mann Solutions Limited for SC477423.
Award versus signature
97% confidenceThe record supports an award notice and active award, not an explicit signed-contract claim
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No supplied field explicitly records signature or contract conclusion.
Unpublished commercial detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: bid count, scores, pricing breakdown, lot allocation, detailed milestones and renewal options.
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These fields are absent from the supplied record.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The source supplier name, Alexander Mann Solutions Limited, conflicts with the supplied verified legal identity, I3WORKS LTD, for the same company number; this analysis uses the supplied verified legal identity.
- The notice does not explicitly confirm that a contract was signed or otherwise concluded.
- Information not supplied in the published notice includes bidder numbers, evaluation scores, pricing breakdown, individual milestones, extension options and renewal terms.
- No lot structure or lot-level allocation is published.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
British Business BankI3WORKS LTDMicrosoft Purviewsensitivity labellinginformation protectionconsultancy awardWorkforce Solutions framework
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who is the named supplier for the British Business Bank Purview award?
I3WORKS LTD is the verified legal supplier identity in the supplied verification data. The source notice names Alexander Mann Solutions Limited for the same company number, SC477423.
What is the value and duration of the award?
The published award value is £207,318, with a stated period from 19 October 2026 to 18 March 2027.
Was the contract confirmed as signed?
No explicit signature confirmation is supplied. The record is an awarded contract notice with an active award status and stated contract dates.
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.