AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council awarded a direct award for licence, support and maintenance of its Client Case Load Information System (CCIS) to ACCESS UK LTD. The system supports statutory monthly reporting to the Department for Education on young people's participation and destinations in Bradford.
Published outcomeThe notice records one active award, dated 29 May 2026, worth £70,502.40 to ACCESS UK LTD. The stated base contract period is 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2027, with a stated option for one 12-month extension.
Market significanceThis is a relatively small, direct-award IT support and software licensing requirement tied to a statutory local-authority information system.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
ACCESS UK LTD
99% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-5d2b5bba-6f15-41fc-b77f-b9d179469147-1 · 70502.40 GBP · active
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Verified company name supplied for source supplier Access UK Limited; the sole active award names that supplier and records £70,502.40.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
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Process notice type and award document title.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award status is recorded as active.
Award decision date
98% confidence29 May 2026
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Award date: 2026-05-29T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract period stated
99% confidence1 June 2026 to 31 May 2027
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Tender and award contractPeriod fields.
Contract signature status
99% confidenceUnknown
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The supplied award notice records an active award and contract period but does not explicitly state that a contract was signed.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
99% confidence£70,502.40
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The sole award value is 70502.4 GBP.
Value allocation
97% confidenceAllocated to the sole award and sole named supplier
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One award names one supplier and reports one award value.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Submission deadline recorded
95% confidence2 May 2026
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Tender period end date: 2026-05-02T00:00:00+01:00.
Award date
98% confidence29 May 2026
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Award date field.
Stated contract start
99% confidence1 June 2026
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Award and tender contractPeriod startDate.
Stated contract end
99% confidence31 May 2027
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Award and tender contractPeriod endDate.
Award notice publication
99% confidence8 October 2026
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Award datePublished and process published_at fields.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceLicence, support and maintenance for the current Client Case Load Information System (CCIS) solution
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Process and tender descriptions.
Business purpose
99% confidenceSupports the council's statutory duty, including monthly Department for Education submissions on young people's participation and destinations in Bradford
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Process and tender descriptions.
Category
99% confidenceServices
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Main procurement category is services.
CPV
99% confidence72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
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Primary classification.
Delivery region
96% confidenceYorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom
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Tender item delivery address.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceDirect award
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procurementMethod is direct and procurementMethodDetails is Direct award.
Competition information
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No bid count, bidder list, evaluation information or scores are provided.
SME suitability
96% confidenceNot marked as suitable for SMEs
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Tender suitability.sme is false.
VCSE suitability
96% confidenceNot marked as suitable for VCSEs
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Tender suitability.vcse is false.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Base term
99% confidence12 months
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The stated period runs from 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2027.
Extension option
99% confidenceOne optional 12-month extension
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Award description: 'Includes a 1 x 12 month extension option'.
Maximum possible duration
96% confidenceUp to 24 months, if the stated extension is exercised
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Derived from the 12-month base period and one 12-month extension option; exercise is not confirmed.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial context
98% confidenceThe scope concerns continued licensing, support and maintenance of the current solution.
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Tender description refers to the current solution.
Route-to-market implication
94% confidenceThe direct-award route and current-solution wording indicate no competitive tender outcome is evidenced by this notice.
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Direct award procedure and scope wording; no competition data is supplied.
Extension value
99% confidenceUnknown
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The notice identifies an extension option but provides no separate option value or total maximum value.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity
99% confidenceVerified
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Exact-name verification supplies ACCESS UK LTD and company number 02343760.
Award and contract distinction
99% confidenceAn active award and stated contract period are published; signature is not explicitly evidenced.
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Award status is active and contractPeriod is supplied, but no signature field or signed-contract document is supplied.
Publication timing
99% confidenceThe award notice was published after the stated award date and contract start date.
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Award date is 29 May 2026; stated start is 1 June 2026; notice publication is 8 October 2026.
Missing commercial detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No pricing breakdown, evaluation detail, bid count, lot allocation, or separate extension value is provided.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The notice does not explicitly confirm contract signature, so this analysis does not describe the contract as signed.
- No bid count, competing suppliers, evaluation criteria, scores or award rationale is published.
- No separate value is supplied for the optional 12-month extension, and it is not known whether the published value includes any extension period.
- No lot structure, lot titles or lot-level value allocation is supplied.
- No pricing breakdown, service-level terms, implementation detail or termination provisions are supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Client Case Load Information SystemCCISCity of Bradford Metropolitan District CouncilACCESS UK LTDdirect awardIT supportsoftware licence
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the CCIS contract?
ACCESS UK LTD is the verified legal supplier named for the sole active award.
What is the award value?
The published award value is £70,502.40.
What is the stated contract term?
The stated base period is 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2027, with one optional 12-month extension.
Was this competitively tendered?
The notice identifies the procedure as a direct award. Bid and evaluation information is not supplied.
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.