Bradford Council awards £1.41m Palo Alto Prisma Access contract to BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATI

Tender information last checkedLast checked 9 Oct 2026, 12:15.

Opportunity overview

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council requires the procurement of the Palo Alto Networks solution. This procurement is for the supply of the specified Palo Alto Networks licences, subscriptions, hardware, support and associated services.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

British Telecommunications Limited

Matched by exact name

Published award value: £1.4m
Awarded: 30 Jul 2026
Award ID: ocds-b5fd17-4230c92b-41ec-4416-83a6-9c484d6aadf3-1
Status: active

Classification

CPV72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Documents and notices

Awarded contract notice on Contracts FinderOpen source ↗
Additional dataOpen source ↗
User / CompanyOpen source ↗

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: 20261009110314-103277
Status: complete
Procurement Method: direct
Procurement Method Details: Direct award
Main Procurement Category: services

Classification

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

Tender Period

Ends: 23 Jul 2026, 17:00

Contract period

Starts: 3 Aug 2026, 00:00
Ends: 2 Aug 2031, 23:59

Suitability

Sme: No
Vcse: No

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Country Name: United Kingdom

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Id: GB-CFS-188959
Name: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Identifier

Legal Name: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Address

Street Address: Britannia House, Hall Ings
Locality: Bradford
Postal Code: BD1 1HX
Country Name: ENG

Contact

Name: Nita Patel
Email: nita.patel@bradford.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 01274432752

Details

Url: https://www.bradford.gov.uk/ ↗

Roles

buyer

Organisation 2

Id: GB-CFS-339064
Name: British Telecommunications Limited

Identifier

Legal Name: British Telecommunications Limited

Address

Street Address: BT Business Direct Fleming Way Horwich Crawley, RH10 9JY

Details

Scale: large
Vcse: No

Roles

supplier

Award information

Award 1

Id: ocds-b5fd17-4230c92b-41ec-4416-83a6-9c484d6aadf3-1
Status: active
Date: 31 Jul 2026, 00:00
Published: 9 Oct 2026, 11:03

Value

Amount: 1,412,852.55
Currency: GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-CFS-339064
Name: British Telecommunications Limited

Contract period

Starts: 3 Aug 2026, 00:00
Ends: 2 Aug 2028, 23:59

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 1
Document Type: awardNotice
Description: Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Url: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9bda69e3-f539-4789-8e4c-34fdbf7e6155 ↗
Published: 9 Oct 2026, 11:03
Format: text/html
Language: en

Entry 2

Id: 2
Description: Additional data
Url: https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=107483&B=UK ↗

Entry 3

Id: 3
Description: User / Company
Url: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/103277 ↗

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Bradford · BD1 1HX · ENG
Delivery location · Yorkshire and the Humber · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

9bda69e3-f539-4789-8e4c-34fdbf7e6155-917222Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder · 9 Oct 2026, 11:03

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council published an award notice for a direct award to BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED for Palo Alto Prisma Access cloud-delivered security licences, subscriptions, hardware, support and associated services.

Published outcome signals

Notice typeAwarded contract notice on Contracts FinderEvidence: Process notice type and award document title.
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award status is recorded as active.
Award decision date31 July 2026Evidence: Award date: 2026-07-31T00:00:00+01:00.

93% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed3 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Contracts Finder
Notice reference: 9bda69e3-f539-4789-8e4c-34fdbf7e6155-917222
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4230c92b-41ec-4416-83a6-9c484d6aadf3
First published: 9 Oct 2026
Last checked: 9 Oct 2026, 12:15
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.

Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 9 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One active award is recorded, valued at £1,412,852.55. The award record dates the award decision to 31 July 2026 and gives a contract period from 3 August 2026 to 2 August 2028.

Market significance

This is a six-figure direct award for enterprise cloud security technology and associated support in Yorkshire and the Humber.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

99% confidence

Award ocds-b5fd17-4230c92b-41ec-4416-83a6-9c484d6aadf3-1 · 1412852.55 GBP · active

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Verified company name supplied as BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED; the active award names British Telecommunications Limited and has value £1,412,852.55.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice type

99% confidence

Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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Process notice type and award document title.

Award status

98% confidence

Active

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Award status is recorded as active.

Award decision date

98% confidence

31 July 2026

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Award date: 2026-07-31T00:00:00+01:00.

Publication date

99% confidence

9 October 2026

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Award notice datePublished: 2026-10-09T11:03:21+01:00.

Contract commencement

96% confidence

3 August 2026

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Award contractPeriod startDate: 2026-08-03T00:00:00+01:00.

VALUES

Published values explained

Award value

99% confidence

£1,412,852.55 GBP

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Active award value amount: 1412852.55; currency: GBP.

Value allocation

93% confidence

Award-level value; one supplier is named

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The single award names one supplier and no lots are provided.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Tender response deadline

97% confidence

23 July 2026, 17:00 BST

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Tender period endDate: 2026-07-23T17:00:00+01:00.

Award decision

98% confidence

31 July 2026

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Award date: 2026-07-31T00:00:00+01:00.

Award notice published

99% confidence

9 October 2026

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Award datePublished: 2026-10-09T11:03:21+01:00.

Award contract period

97% confidence

3 August 2026 to 2 August 2028

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Award contractPeriod: 2026-08-03T00:00:00+01:00 to 2028-08-02T23:59:59+01:00.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

98% confidence

Palo Alto Networks solution: licences, subscriptions, hardware, support and associated services

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Tender description states these supplies and services are required.

Primary classification

99% confidence

CPV 72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

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Tender classification.

Delivery region

95% confidence

Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom

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Tender item delivery address.

Lots

98% confidence

No lots published

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No lot records or award lot IDs are supplied.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procurement method

99% confidence

Direct award

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Process and tender procurementMethodDetails state Direct award.

Competition information

99% confidence

Not supplied in the published notice

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No bid, participant, evaluation or scoring data is provided.

SME suitability

96% confidence

Not marked suitable for SMEs

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Tender suitability.sme is false.

VCSE suitability

96% confidence

Not marked suitable for VCSEs

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Tender suitability.vcse is false.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Award-level contract period

97% confidence

3 August 2026 to 2 August 2028

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Award contractPeriod dates.

Tender-level contract period

97% confidence

3 August 2026 to 2 August 2031

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Tender contractPeriod dates.

Extensions and renewal terms

99% confidence

Not supplied in the published notice

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No extension or renewal terms are provided.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Technology procurement profile

96% confidence

The requirement combines security software entitlements, hardware, support and associated services.

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Tender description expressly lists licences, subscriptions, hardware, support and associated services.

Route to market

94% confidence

The buyer used a direct-award route rather than a competitive procedure described in the notice.

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Procurement method details: Direct award; no competition data supplied.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

93%overall confidence

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

Reference: ocds-b5fd17-4230c92b-41ec-4416-83a6-9c484d6aadf3
Analysed: 9 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

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Buyer party legal name and process buyer name.

Buyer location

98% confidence

Bradford, England

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Buyer address lists Bradford, BD1 1HX, ENG.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Supplier identity

99% confidence

BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

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Supplier verification gives verified company name BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED, company number 01800000, using an exact-name match.

Supplier company status

98% confidence

Active

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Supplier verification records verifiedCompanyStatus as Active.

Supplier size classification

95% confidence

Large

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Supplier party details.scale is large.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Potential re-procurement timing

78% confidence

Estimate: around August 2028, based on the award-level end date

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The award contract period ends on 2 August 2028; no renewal commitment or procurement forecast is published.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Conflicting contract end dates

99% confidence

The award record ends on 2 August 2028, while the tender-level contract period ends on 2 August 2031. The source does not explain the difference.

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Award contractPeriod endDate is 2028-08-02; tender contractPeriod endDate is 2031-08-02.

Contract execution evidence

98% confidence

The notice records an active award and a contract start date, but does not explicitly state that a contract was signed.

View supporting evidence

Award status is active and contract dates are supplied; no signature or execution field is supplied.

Unpublished commercial detail

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice: pricing breakdown, lot allocation, bid count, evaluation, scores, award rationale, extension terms and renewal terms.

View supporting evidence

No such fields are present in the supplied data.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The source gives inconsistent contract end dates: 2 August 2028 at award level and 2 August 2031 at tender level; neither has been selected as the definitive overall term.
The published notice does not explicitly confirm contract signature or execution.
Information not supplied in the published notice includes bid numbers, bidder identities, evaluation criteria or scores, award rationale, pricing breakdown, lot titles or allocation, extension terms and renewal terms.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who received the award?

BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED received the single published active award.

What is the published award value?

The award value is £1,412,852.55 GBP.

What is being procured?

Palo Alto Networks licences, subscriptions, hardware, support and associated services.

When does the award-level contract period end?

The award record gives 2 August 2028, although the tender-level record gives a different end date of 2 August 2031.

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Cloud delivered security solution - Palo Alto Prisma Access

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

British Telecommunications Limited

Classification

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Classification

Tender Period

Contract period

Suitability

Items and delivery

Delivery locations

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Details

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Identifier

Address

Details

Roles

Award information

Value

Suppliers

Contract period

Documents

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

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Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

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