AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Natural England published an award notice for the Wyre Forest Work Base Rebuild. The published award names Gotch Saunders & Surridge LLP t/a GSSArchitecture as supplier and gives an award value of £364,806. The notice records a framework call-off and a contract period from 26 October 2026 to 24 October 2031; it does not explicitly evidence signature.
Published outcomeAward announced as active in the source record, with one named supplier and a published value of £364,806.
Market significanceThis is a £364,806 works-category framework call-off for a West Midlands delivery location, classified as office block construction work.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
Gotch Saunders & Surridge LLP t/a GSSArchitecture
93% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-5aca028b-4c32-4fed-9ff8-e4c5a540f7a1-1 · 364806 GBP · Named supplier on active award
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The award supplier is listed as “Gotch Saunders & Surridge LLP t/a GSSArchitecture”; the award value is £364,806. No lot allocation is supplied.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
98% confidenceAwarded contract notice; source award status active
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The process display status is “awarded”; the notice type is “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”; the award status is “active”.
Award date
98% confidence15 October 2026
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Award record date: 2026-10-15T00:00:00+01:00.
Notice publication
98% confidence15 October 2026, 16:33 BST
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Award notice datePublished: 2026-10-15T16:33:02+01:00.
Contract signature
99% confidenceUnknown
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The supplied award notice and fields do not explicitly state that a contract was signed.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published award value
99% confidence£364,806 GBP
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The award value and tender value are both stated as 364806 GBP.
Value allocation
92% confidenceSingle published award; no lots supplied
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One award is supplied and its supplier list contains one supplier; lot IDs are null.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender submission deadline
98% confidence11 September 2026, 14:00 BST
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Tender period endDate: 2026-09-11T14:00:00+01:00.
Recorded contract period start
97% confidence26 October 2026
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Award and tender contractPeriod startDate: 2026-10-26T00:00:00Z.
Recorded contract period end
97% confidence24 October 2031
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Award and tender contractPeriod endDate: 2031-10-24T23:59:59+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Opportunity title
99% confidenceWyre Forest Work Base Rebuild
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Process and tender title: “Wyre Forest Work Base Rebuild”.
Primary classification
99% confidenceCPV 45213150 — Office block construction work
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Primary classification is CPV 45213150 with that description.
Procurement category
99% confidenceWorks
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mainProcurementCategory is “works”.
Delivery location
92% confidenceDY14 9XQ, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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Tender delivery addresses include postal code DY14 9XQ and region West Midlands, United Kingdom.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceSelective
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procurementMethod is “selective”.
Route to market
99% confidenceCall-off from a framework agreement
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procurementMethodDetails is “Call-off from a framework agreement”.
SME suitability flag
95% confidenceYes
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Tender suitability.sme is true.
Competition information
99% confidenceUnknown
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No bidder count, bidder identities, evaluation scores or ranking are supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Recorded term
97% confidence26 October 2026 to 24 October 2031
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The published contractPeriod provides these start and end dates.
Referenced contract document
88% confidenceRedacted NEC4 Professional Services Contract clauses attachment
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The award documents include “Appendicies 3 - NEC4 Proffesional Services Contract z Clauses - Wyre Forest NNR - Rev 1 - Redacted”.
Extension and renewal terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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No extension or renewal terms are supplied in the structured notice data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
94% confidence£364,806 framework call-off with a recorded term of about five years
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The award value is £364,806, the route is a framework call-off, and the recorded period runs from 26 October 2026 to 24 October 2031.
Award rationale
99% confidenceUnknown
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No evaluation narrative, scores, pricing analysis or award rationale is supplied.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity limitation
99% confidenceThe named supplier could not be safely matched to a verified company record
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The verification workflow completed with status “checked_unmatched”; verified_company_name and verified_company_number are null.
Scope-document inconsistency risk
90% confidenceThe award title describes a work base rebuild, while the attached document title refers to NEC4 Professional Services Contract clauses
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The process title is “Wyre Forest Work Base Rebuild”; the attachment title refers to a redacted NEC4 Professional Services Contract document. The supplied data does not explain the relationship.
Unpublished commercial detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: lot allocation, pricing breakdown, evaluation results, bid count, extensions and renewal terms.
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No such fields or details are provided in the supplied structured data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The source identifies the supplier as Gotch Saunders & Surridge LLP t/a GSSArchitecture, but the completed identity check found no safe verified company match; no Companies House verification is implied.
- The notice does not explicitly confirm contract signature, despite recording an active award and a contract period.
- No lot titles or individual lot allocation is supplied.
- No bidder count, evaluation scores, award rationale, pricing breakdown, extension terms or renewal terms are supplied.
- The relationship between the rebuild title and the attached redacted NEC4 Professional Services Contract clauses document is not explained in the supplied data.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Wyre Forest Work Base RebuildNatural England contract awardGSSArchitectureoffice block construction workframework call-off
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who was named as supplier?
The published award names Gotch Saunders & Surridge LLP t/a GSSArchitecture. Its name remains unverified against a safe company match in the supplied verification data.
What is the published award value?
£364,806 GBP.
When does the recorded contract period run?
From 26 October 2026 to 24 October 2031.
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.