AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Independence C I C published an award notice for Lot 6 covering kitchen adaptations and associated building works including design. The award record is marked active, but the published supplier party has no name and the award itself records £0; the £37,016.83 tender value cannot safely be attributed to the award or a supplier.
Published outcomeOne active award is recorded, with a supplier reference (GB-CFS-173) but no published supplier name.
Market significanceA short-duration fitted-kitchens works requirement, described as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. Supplier and final award-value transparency is limited.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
Unverified supplier (reference GB-CFS-173; no supplier name published)
97% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-4e19d99b-c11e-474b-855c-44ee9a2703cc-1 · Lots Lot 6 — Kitchen Adaptations & Associated Building Works including Design · £0 recorded at award level; no supplier-attributable contract value published GBP · Award record active
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The award identifies supplier ID GB-CFS-173. The corresponding party has role supplier but no name; award value is £0.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
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Process notice type and award document description.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award ocds-b5fd17-4e19d99b-c11e-474b-855c-44ee9a2703cc-1 has status 'active'.
Award decision date
98% confidence16 September 2025
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Award date: 2025-09-16T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract period stated
98% confidence17 November 2025 to 12 December 2025
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Tender and award contractPeriod fields.
VALUES
Published values explained
Tender value
98% confidence£37,016.83
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Tender value amount is 37016.83 GBP.
Award-record value
99% confidence£0
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Award value amount is 0 GBP.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender deadline
98% confidence15 September 2025, 17:00 BST
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Tender period endDate: 2025-09-15T17:00:00+01:00.
Award date
98% confidence16 September 2025
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Award date field.
Stated contract start
98% confidence17 November 2025
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Award and tender contractPeriod startDate.
Stated contract end
98% confidence12 December 2025
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Award and tender contractPeriod endDate.
Award notice publication
99% confidence14 October 2026
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Process published_at and award document datePublished.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Lot
98% confidenceLot 6 — Kitchen Adaptations & Associated Building Works including Design
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Process title.
Published description
99% confidenceLOT 6 kitchen (the pack for DPS upload is linked in flare)
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Tender description.
Primary classification
99% confidenceCPV 39141400 — Fitted kitchens
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Tender classification and classifications list.
Procurement category
99% confidenceWorks
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main_category and mainProcurementCategory are 'works'.
Delivery coverage
94% confidenceUnited Kingdom and additional broad delivery geographies listed: British Overseas Territories, Channel Islands, Europe, Isle of Man and Rest of the World.
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Tender item deliveryAddresses.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement route
99% confidenceNot published
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procurement_method and procurement_method_details are null/blank.
DPS reference
93% confidenceThe title and description refer to an ARMI DPS and DPS upload pack.
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Process title and tender description.
Competition information
99% confidenceNot published
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No bid counts, bidder list, evaluation results or scoring information supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Stated duration
95% confidence26 days, from 17 November 2025 to 12 December 2025
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Stated contract period dates.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceNot published
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No extension or renewal information supplied.
SME/VCSE suitability
99% confidenceMarked suitable for SMEs and VCSEs
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Tender suitability flags: sme true; vcse true.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Value interpretation
99% confidenceThe published tender value (£37,016.83) differs from the £0 value on the active award record. It should not be treated as a confirmed awarded value or assigned to the unnamed supplier.
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Tender value is 37016.83 GBP; award value is 0 GBP.
Timing observation
99% confidenceThe award notice was published after the stated contract end date.
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Award notice publication is 14 October 2026; stated contract end is 12 December 2025.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier disclosure limitation
99% confidenceThe award names a supplier reference but does not publish a supplier name. The supplier therefore remains unverified in this analysis.
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Supplier party GB-CFS-173 has no name; no supplier-verification record is provided.
Value inconsistency
99% confidenceThe tender value (£37,016.83) and award value (£0) differ. Information not supplied in the published notice does not resolve which, if either, is the final contract value.
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Tender and award value fields.
Late publication relative to stated period
99% confidenceThe notice publication date falls after the stated contract end date; the source does not explain this chronology.
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Publication: 14 October 2026; stated end: 12 December 2025.
Lot allocation limitation
98% confidenceNo structured lot record or award-to-lot identifier is supplied; the Lot 6 connection is based on the notice title.
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Lots array is empty and award lot_ids_json is null; title names Lot 6.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The awardee's legal or trading name is not published; only supplier reference GB-CFS-173 is available.
- The published tender value (£37,016.83) conflicts with the £0 award-record value, and no final contract value is supplied.
- No procurement method, bid count, evaluation outcome, pricing breakdown, lot allocation identifier, extension term or renewal term is published.
- The award notice was published on 14 October 2026, after the stated 12 December 2025 contract end date; the notice does not explain the timing.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
ARMI DPSLot 6kitchen adaptationsfitted kitchensIndependence C I Cbuilding worksContracts Finder award
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the ARMI DPS Lot 6 kitchen adaptations award?
The award identifies supplier reference GB-CFS-173, but no supplier name is published in the supplied notice.
What is the value of the award?
The tender lists £37,016.83, while the award record lists £0. The notice does not provide a confirmed supplier-attributable award value.
What period is stated for the work?
The notice states 17 November 2025 to 12 December 2025.
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.