HUGGG LIMITED wins £1.2m Bradford crisis payments platform award

Tender information last checkedLast checked 21 Oct 2026, 11:12.

Opportunity overview

The Council requires a single platform for issuing CRF awards as: • retail vouchers; • cash payments; • energy support; and • essential household items delivered to the recipient's address Direct Award via GCA Framework - Payment Solutions 2 - Lot 3 Vouchers (RM6248)

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

HUGGG Limited

Matched by exact name

Published award value: £1.2m
Awarded: 14 Oct 2026
Award ID: ocds-b5fd17-82e7946c-d646-43a0-8107-a0708ce8fd9e-1
Status: active

Classification

CPV72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Documents and notices

Awarded contract notice on Contracts FinderOpen source ↗
Additional dataOpen source ↗
User / CompanyOpen source ↗

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: 20261021093341-103277
Status: complete
Procurement Method: selective
Procurement Method Details: Restricted procedure
Main Procurement Category: services

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 72000000
Description: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Tender Period

Ends: 21 Oct 2026, 00:00

Contract period

Starts: 22 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends: 31 Mar 2029, 23:59

Suitability

Sme: No
Vcse: No

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Country Name: United Kingdom

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Id: GB-CFS-188959
Name: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Identifier

Legal Name: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Address

Street Address: Britannia House, Hall Ings
Locality: Bradford
Postal Code: BD1 1HX
Country Name: ENG

Contact

Name: Catherine Mullins
Email: catherine.mullins@bradford.gov.uk

Details

Url: https://www.bradford.gov.uk/ ↗

Roles

buyer

Organisation 2

Id: GB-CFS-339348
Name: HUGGG Limited

Identifier

Legal Name: HUGGG Limited

Address

Street Address: 71 Queen Victoria Street, London, England, EC4V 4BE

Details

Scale: large
Vcse: No

Roles

supplier

Award information

Award 1

Id: ocds-b5fd17-82e7946c-d646-43a0-8107-a0708ce8fd9e-1
Status: active
Date: 15 Oct 2026, 00:00
Published: 21 Oct 2026, 09:33

Value

Amount: 1,200,000
Currency: GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-CFS-339348
Name: HUGGG Limited

Contract period

Starts: 16 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends: 31 Mar 2029, 23:59

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 1
Document Type: awardNotice
Description: Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Url: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ae025010-56d0-493f-87f7-80b991950583 ↗
Published: 21 Oct 2026, 09:33
Format: text/html
Language: en

Entry 2

Id: 2
Description: Additional data
Url: https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=110285&B=UK ↗

Entry 3

Id: 3
Description: User / Company
Url: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/103277 ↗

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Bradford · BD1 1HX · ENG
Delivery location · Yorkshire and the Humber · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

ae025010-56d0-493f-87f7-80b991950583-918520Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder · 21 Oct 2026, 09:33

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council awarded HUGGG LIMITED a £1,200,000 contract for a crisis and resilience platform supporting retail vouchers, cash payments, energy support and delivery of essential household items.

Published outcome signals

Notice typeAwarded contract notice on Contracts FinderEvidence: The published document is titled “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”.
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award record status is “active”.
Contract signature statusUnknownEvidence: The supplied notice records an award and contract periods but does not explicitly state that a contract was signed.

94% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed3 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Contracts Finder
Notice reference: ae025010-56d0-493f-87f7-80b991950583-918520
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-82e7946c-d646-43a0-8107-a0708ce8fd9e
First published: 21 Oct 2026
Last checked: 21 Oct 2026, 11:12
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.

Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 21 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

An active award was recorded on 15 October 2026 and published on 21 October 2026. The notice describes a direct award under the GCA Payment Solutions 2 framework, Lot 3 Vouchers (RM6248).

Market significance

The award creates a single-platform requirement for multiple crisis-support distribution channels in Yorkshire and the Humber, with a published maximum award value of £1,200,000.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

HUGGG LIMITED

99% confidence

Award ocds-b5fd17-82e7946c-d646-43a0-8107-a0708ce8fd9e-1 · Lots No individual lot allocation published; notice cites Payment Solutions 2 Lot 3 Vouchers (RM6248). · 1200000 GBP · Awarded (active)

View supporting evidence

The award names HUGGG Limited as supplier; supplier verification gives the legal name HUGGG LIMITED (company number 09579886). The single award value is £1,200,000.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice type

99% confidence

Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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The published document is titled “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”.

Award status

98% confidence

Active

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Award record status is “active”.

Contract signature status

99% confidence

Unknown

View supporting evidence

The supplied notice records an award and contract periods but does not explicitly state that a contract was signed.

VALUES

Published values explained

Award value

99% confidence

£1,200,000

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The award record value is 1200000 GBP.

Published minimum value

98% confidence

£200,000

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Tender minValue is 200000 GBP.

Published maximum value

99% confidence

£1,200,000

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Tender value is 1200000 GBP and matches the award value.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Award date

99% confidence

15 October 2026

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Award date is 2026-10-15.

Award notice published

99% confidence

21 October 2026

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Award notice publication timestamp is 2026-10-21T09:33:44+01:00.

Award contract period

98% confidence

16 October 2026 to 31 March 2029

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The award contractPeriod gives these dates.

Tender-level contract period

98% confidence

22 October 2026 to 31 March 2029

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The tender contractPeriod gives these dates.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

99% confidence

Single platform for crisis and resilience fund awards

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Description states the Council requires a single platform for issuing CRF awards.

Supported assistance

99% confidence

Retail vouchers, cash payments, energy support, and essential household items delivered to recipients’ addresses

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These channels are listed in the notice description.

Delivery area

97% confidence

Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom

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Tender item delivery address names Yorkshire and the Humber.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Award route

99% confidence

Direct award via GCA Framework — Payment Solutions 2, Lot 3 Vouchers (RM6248)

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The notice description explicitly states this route.

Published procedure

98% confidence

Selective; restricted procedure

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Tender fields specify procurementMethod “selective” and procurementMethodDetails “Restricted procedure”.

Competition information

99% confidence

Unknown

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No bidder count, bid identities, evaluation results or scoring are supplied in the notice data.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Award-level term

98% confidence

16 October 2026 to 31 March 2029

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Award contractPeriod provides these dates.

Extensions or options

99% confidence

Unknown

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No extension or option terms are supplied.

Pricing and payment terms

99% confidence

Unknown

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No pricing breakdown or payment terms are supplied.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Platform consolidation

99% confidence

The stated requirement combines vouchers, cash payments, energy support and essential-item fulfilment in one platform.

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All four support channels are expressly included in the requirement description.

Framework route

99% confidence

The Council used a direct award route under Payment Solutions 2 Lot 3 Vouchers (RM6248).

View supporting evidence

Explicitly stated in the notice description.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

94%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-b5fd17-82e7946c-d646-43a0-8107-a0708ce8fd9e
Analysed: 21 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

View supporting evidence

Named as buyer in the notice.

Buyer location

98% confidence

Bradford, England

View supporting evidence

Buyer address lists Britannia House, Hall Ings, Bradford, BD1 1HX, ENG.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Legal supplier identity

99% confidence

HUGGG LIMITED (company number 09579886)

View supporting evidence

Supplier verification resolved an exact-name match to verified company HUGGG LIMITED, company number 09579886, with active company status.

Source supplier name

99% confidence

HUGGG Limited

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The award and supplier party record use “HUGGG Limited”.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated end-date horizon

99% confidence

31 March 2029

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Both tender and award records specify an end date of 31 March 2029. This is an end-date estimate only, not a procurement forecast.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Conflicting start dates

99% confidence

The award record gives 16 October 2026, while the tender-level contract period gives 22 October 2026.

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Both dates are present in the supplied source data; neither has been selected as the definitive start date.

Individual lot allocation

99% confidence

Not published

View supporting evidence

No lots are supplied and the award has no lot IDs, although the description cites framework Lot 3.

Contract conclusion evidence

99% confidence

Not explicitly supplied

View supporting evidence

The record is an active award notice but contains no explicit signed-contract confirmation.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The supplied records contain conflicting contract start dates: 16 October 2026 at award level and 22 October 2026 at tender level.
Information not supplied in the published notice: explicit signature or contract-conclusion confirmation, bidder count, evaluation results, scoring, award rationale, pricing breakdown, payment terms, extension options and renewal provisions.
No individual lot allocation or lot-specific value is published; the description references Payment Solutions 2 Lot 3 Vouchers (RM6248), but no award lot IDs are supplied.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who won the City of Bradford crisis and resilience system award?

HUGGG LIMITED, verified as company number 09579886, was named as the supplier.

What is the published value of the award?

The published award value is £1,200,000.

What services are covered?

The platform is intended to support retail vouchers, cash payments, energy support and delivery of essential household items.

Was the contract confirmed as signed?

No explicit signed-contract confirmation is included in the supplied notice data.

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.

Crisis and Resilience System - crisis payments or goods

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

HUGGG Limited

Classification

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Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Classification

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Contract period

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Items and delivery

Delivery locations

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

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Details

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Award information

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Suppliers

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Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

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Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

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