AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
UK Shared Business Services Limited published an award notice for a G-Cloud 14 call-off covering a UK Companies House and investment data platform for DSIT. The active award names BUSINESS FUNDING RESEARCH LTD as supplier. The notice records two variations: use of contingency in year 1 and use of an optional 12-month extension.
Published outcomeOne active award is recorded to BUSINESS FUNDING RESEARCH LTD, with an award value of £264,313 excluding VAT.
Market significanceThis is a software and information-systems data-platform call-off under G-Cloud 14, with the published value reflecting contingency and an exercised extension.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
BUSINESS FUNDING RESEARCH LTD
99% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-6fb70b30-29a5-4283-9798-ff97327c3359-1 · 264313 GBP · active
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Active award names Business Funding Research Ltd; supplier verification identifies company number 07312969 and verified legal name BUSINESS FUNDING RESEARCH LTD. The £264,313 award value is associated with the sole award.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
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Process notice type is recorded as “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”; description twice states it is an award notice, not a call for competition.
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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The single award has status “active”.
Award date
98% confidence13 October 2025
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Award record date: 2025-10-13T00:00:00+01:00.
Published award notice
98% confidence12 November 2025
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Award document datePublished: 2025-11-12T13:03:46Z.
Variation 001
94% confidenceImplemented; contingency used for year 1
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Description states that call-off contract variation 001 was implemented using original-contract contingency for year 1.
Variation 002
95% confidenceImplemented; optional 12-month extension used
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Description states that variation 002 was carried out to utilise the optional 12-month extension.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published active award value
98% confidence£264,313 excluding VAT
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Active award value is £264,313; description says the new total contract value after variation 002 will be £264,313 excluding VAT.
Original total maximum value including contingency and optional extension
94% confidence£247,313 excluding VAT
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Description states total value including contingency and optional extensions was £247,313 excluding VAT.
Optional contingency
94% confidence£15,000 excluding VAT
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Description states additional credits could be added through optional contingency worth £15,000 excluding VAT.
Optional 12-month extension cost
94% confidence£121,688 excluding VAT
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Description states the optional 12-month extension had a total cost of £121,688 excluding VAT.
Value after variation 001
93% confidence£120,625 excluding VAT current call-off value; £258,813 excluding VAT stated maximum
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Description states variation 001 increased the current call-off value to £120,625 and total maximum value to £258,813, both excluding VAT.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender submission deadline
96% confidence10 October 2025
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Tender period end date is 2025-10-10T00:00:00+01:00.
Award date / recorded commencement
96% confidence13 October 2025
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Award date and process-level contract start are both 2025-10-13T00:00:00+01:00.
Award contract period
97% confidence13 October 2025 to 12 October 2027
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The active award contractPeriod runs from 2025-10-13 to 2027-10-12; the description says variation 002 used the optional 12-month extension.
Renewal timing estimate
95% confidenceEstimated end of published award period: 12 October 2027
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Calculated only from the award’s explicit end date of 2027-10-12. This is not a procurement forecast.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
97% confidenceUK Companies House and investment data platform
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Notice description says DSIT required provision of a UK Companies House and Investment Data platform.
Procurement category
99% confidenceServices
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main_category and mainProcurementCategory are recorded as services.
Primary classification
99% confidenceCPV 48000000 — Software package and information systems
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Published tender classification is CPV 48000000.
Delivery location
91% confidenceSW1A 2EG
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Tender item delivery address gives postal code SW1A 2EG.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
98% confidenceSelective
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Process procurement_method is selective.
Route to market
99% confidenceCall-off from G-Cloud 14 (RM1557.14) framework agreement
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Description states the requirement was sourced through G-Cloud 14 (RM1557.14); procurementMethodDetails says call-off from a framework agreement.
Competition information
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No bidder count, shortlisted suppliers, evaluation scores or award rationale is supplied in the provided data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Published award period
97% confidence13 October 2025 to 12 October 2027
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Active award contractPeriod gives these dates.
Extension provision
96% confidenceOptional 12-month extension; recorded as utilised by variation 002
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Description identifies an optional 12-month extension and states variation 002 utilised it.
Contingency provision
94% confidenceAdditional credits contingency; £15,000 excluding VAT
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Description states contingency allowed additional credits and gives its value as £15,000 excluding VAT.
Contract signature
99% confidenceNot confirmed by the supplied notice
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The supplied data records an active award and contract-period fields but provides no explicit signature or execution evidence.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
96% confidenceFramework call-off with contingency and an extension mechanism
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The notice identifies a G-Cloud 14 call-off, a £15,000 contingency for additional credits, and an optional 12-month extension.
Value evolution
94% confidenceThe published total rose from £247,313 to £258,813 after variation 001, then to £264,313 after variation 002
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All three totals are stated in the notice description; each is described as excluding VAT.
Allocation
97% confidenceSingle-supplier award; no lots published
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One active award names one supplier and the supplied lots array is empty.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Conflicting contract-end fields
99% confidenceProcess-level contract end is 12 October 2026, while the active award ends 12 October 2027
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process.contract_end_at is 2026-10-12, whereas award.contractPeriod.endDate is 2027-10-12. The latter aligns with the notice’s statement that variation 002 utilised a 12-month extension.
Published value history is internally difficult to reconcile
97% confidenceThe notice gives several values without a full pricing breakdown
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It states original total maximum value £247,313, post-variation-001 maximum £258,813, and post-variation-002 total £264,313, while also stating a £121,688 extension cost and £15,000 contingency.
Lot allocation
99% confidenceNo lot titles or supplier-level lot allocation supplied
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No lots are provided and award lot_ids_json is null.
Competition and evaluation detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No bid count, scores, pricing evaluation, ranking or award rationale is included in the supplied data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The source has inconsistent end dates: 12 October 2026 at process level and 12 October 2027 on the active award. This analysis reports both rather than selecting an unsupported date.
- The notice supplies multiple total values but no complete pricing or variation breakdown that reconciles each change.
- No individual lot data, lot titles or lot-level allocation is published.
- Information on bids, competing suppliers, evaluation, pricing methodology, award rationale, signature and detailed service levels is not supplied in the published notice.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
BUSINESS FUNDING RESEARCH LTDDSITUK Shared Business ServicesG-Cloud 14Companies House datainvestment data platformDDaT25272
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the DDaT25272 award?
BUSINESS FUNDING RESEARCH LTD, verified against company number 07312969.
What is the published award value?
£264,313 excluding VAT, associated with the single active award.
Was this an open competition?
No. The notice describes a selective call-off from the G-Cloud 14 framework and explicitly says it is an award notice, not a call for competition.
When does the published award period end?
The active award record ends on 12 October 2027. A separate process-level field shows 12 October 2026, so the source contains inconsistent end-date fields.
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