AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust awarded a one-year call-off for a digital workflow serving the GM Cancer & Diagnostics network to SOFTCAT PLC. The published award value is £46,480 excluding an explicit value basis.
Published outcomeAward recorded as active, with an award date of 13 September 2026 and a stated service period from 14 September 2026 to 14 September 2027.
Market significanceA modest NHS software and information-systems call-off made through a framework agreement.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
SOFTCAT PLC
99% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-767b9cac-7cc1-41b6-bf9f-2924391fbb6e-1 · 46480 GBP · verified; awarded supplier
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The award names Softcat plc as supplier; supplier verification provides verified company name SOFTCAT PLC and company number 02174990.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
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Published document title and process notice type.
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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Award record status is "active".
Award date
98% confidence13 September 2026
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Award record date: 2026-09-13T00:00:00+01:00.
Stated contract period
99% confidence14 September 2026 to 14 September 2027
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Award and tender contractPeriod fields.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published award value
99% confidence£46,480
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Award value amount is 46480 GBP.
Published tender value range
97% confidence£46,480 to £55,776
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Tender minValue is 46480 GBP and tender value is 55776 GBP.
Value basis
99% confidenceNot stated
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Process value_basis is null; no VAT treatment or pricing breakdown is supplied.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Submission deadline
98% confidence13 September 2026, 12:00 BST
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Tender period endDate: 2026-09-13T12:00:00+01:00.
Award date
98% confidence13 September 2026
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Award date field.
Stated service start
99% confidence14 September 2026
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Contract period startDate.
Stated service end
99% confidence14 September 2027
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Contract period endDate.
Award notice published
99% confidence14 October 2026
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Award notice document datePublished: 2026-10-14T12:11:42+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceDigital workflow for the GM Cancer & Diagnostics network
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Process and tender title/description.
Procurement category
99% confidenceServices
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main_category and mainProcurementCategory are services.
Primary classification
99% confidenceCPV 48000000 — Software package and information systems
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Tender classification.
Delivery geography
95% confidenceUnited Kingdom; postal code M20 4BX is also supplied
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Tender delivery addresses list United Kingdom and M20 4BX.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceSelective
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Process and tender procurementMethod are "selective".
Route to market
99% confidenceCall-off from a framework agreement
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procurementMethodDetails states this explicitly.
Competition information
99% confidenceNot stated
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No bidder count, tenderer identities, evaluation scores or award rationale are supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
99% confidenceOne year
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Description states "Call off order for 1 year"; stated period runs from 14 September 2026 to 14 September 2027.
Extensions or options
99% confidenceNot stated
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No extension, option or variation terms are supplied.
SME suitability flag
97% confidenceNo
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Tender suitability.sme is false.
VCSE suitability flag
97% confidenceNo
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Tender suitability.vcse is false.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Award-value positioning
98% confidenceThe £46,480 award value equals the published minimum value and is £9,296 below the published £55,776 tender value.
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Award value is 46480 GBP; tender minValue is 46480 GBP and tender value is 55776 GBP.
Commercial route
98% confidenceThe requirement was sourced as a framework call-off rather than a standalone openly described procedure.
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Procurement method details state "Call-off from a framework agreement"; the method is selective.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award versus contract execution
99% confidenceThe source is an awarded contract notice with an active award record. It supplies a stated contract period but does not explicitly evidence signature or execution of a contract.
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Notice type is "Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder"; award status is active; no signed-contract field or document is supplied.
Unpublished commercial detail
98% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: VAT treatment, pricing breakdown, framework name, bid count, evaluation results, award rationale, lot allocation, and extension terms.
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These fields and documents are absent from the supplied data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The notice does not explicitly confirm that a contract was signed or executed; it reports an active award and a stated contract period.
- No VAT basis, price schedule, framework name, competition data, evaluation detail, award rationale, extensions, options, or lot-level allocation is published.
- The tender value range (£46,480 to £55,776) differs from the £46,480 award value; the notice does not explain the higher tender value figure.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
SOFTCAT PLCThe Christie NHS Foundation TrustGM Cancer & Diagnostics networkdigital workflowsoftware package and information systemsframework call-offContracts Finder
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who was awarded the digital workflow call-off?
SOFTCAT PLC was named as the supplier. Its identity was verified by exact-name matching to company number 02174990.
What is the published award value?
The published award value is £46,480. The notice does not state whether this figure includes VAT.
When does the stated contract period end?
The stated end date is 14 September 2027.
Was this a framework call-off?
Yes. The notice describes it as a call-off from a framework agreement.
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