AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
West Sussex County Council published an award notice for a call-off agreement for respiratory protective equipment. The notice records one active award, valued at £2.04 million, to the source-named supplier Interspiro AB c/o Interspiro Ltd.
Published outcomeAward recorded; the notice does not explicitly state that a contract was signed.
Market significanceA £2.04 million goods call-off with a stated ten-year contract period, covering respiratory protective equipment.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
Interspiro AB c/o Interspiro Ltd
90% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-91aa4e4b-1b16-4622-9dd2-3e17068892ff-1 · 2040000 GBP · active award; supplier identity unverified
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The active award names “Interspiro AB c/o Interspiro Ltd” and has a value of GBP 2,040,000. Supplier verification status is checked_unmatched.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
98% confidenceAwarded contract notice; tender status complete and award status active.
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Notice type is “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”; tender status is “complete”; award status is “active”.
Award decision date
98% confidence6 August 2025
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Award record date: 2025-08-06.
Contract period stated
98% confidence13 August 2025 to 12 August 2035
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Award and tender contractPeriod fields specify these dates.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
98% confidence£2,040,000
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The sole award value is 2,040,000 GBP.
Value allocation
92% confidenceThe full published award value is associated with the single published award and its single listed supplier; no lot allocation is published.
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One award, one listed supplier, and no lot IDs or lot records are provided.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Submission deadline
98% confidence30 July 2025, 12:00 BST
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Tender period endDate: 2025-07-30T12:00:00+01:00.
Award date
98% confidence6 August 2025
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Award date: 2025-08-06.
Stated contract start
98% confidence13 August 2025
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contractPeriod startDate: 2025-08-13.
Stated contract end
98% confidence12 August 2035
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contractPeriod endDate: 2035-08-12T23:59:59+01:00.
Award notice publication
98% confidence8 October 2026
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Award notice datePublished: 2026-10-08T16:23:54+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceCall-off agreement for respiratory protective equipment.
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Procurement title and description state this requirement.
Procurement category
98% confidenceGoods
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mainProcurementCategory is “goods”.
Primary classification
98% confidenceCPV 35111000 — Firefighting equipment
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Primary CPV classification supplied in the notice.
Delivery area
90% confidenceSouth East, United Kingdom; a delivery postcode of PO19 1RQ is also listed.
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Delivery-address records list South East/United Kingdom and PO19 1RQ.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
98% confidenceSelective procedure: call-off from a framework agreement.
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procurementMethod is “selective” and procurementMethodDetails is “Call-off from a framework agreement”.
Competition information
98% confidenceNumber of invited suppliers, tenders received, evaluation scores and award rationale are unknown.
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Stated duration
98% confidence10 years, from 13 August 2025 to 12 August 2035.
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Published contractPeriod start and end dates.
Extension and renewal terms
98% confidenceUnknown.
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
SME suitability flag
95% confidenceThe tender was marked suitable for SMEs.
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tender.suitability.sme is true.
VCSE suitability flag
95% confidenceThe tender was not marked suitable for VCSEs.
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tender.suitability.vcse is false.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
98% confidenceThis is a framework call-off rather than a newly described standalone open procurement.
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The published procedure detail says “Call-off from a framework agreement”.
Value and term profile
94% confidenceThe published £2.04 million award value spans a stated ten-year period; the notice does not provide annual values, volumes, unit prices or a pricing schedule.
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Published award value and contract period; no pricing or volume breakdown is supplied.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity limitation
99% confidenceThe supplier name is unverified. A Companies House matching workflow completed but found no safe company match; no verified legal company name or company number is available.
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supplier_identity_status: checked_unmatched; verified_company_name and verified_company_number are null.
Supplier-name interpretation
99% confidence“Interspiro AB c/o Interspiro Ltd” is retained exactly as the published source name and is not presented as Companies House-verified.
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Published supplier and legalName fields use this wording; verification outcome is still_unmatched.
Award-versus-contract limitation
96% confidenceThe source is an award notice with an active award record. It supplies a contract period but does not explicitly confirm signature or provide a contract record.
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Document type is awardNotice; award status is active; no explicit signature field or contract object is supplied.
Publication timing anomaly
99% confidenceThe award notice was published on 8 October 2026, after the stated August 2025 award date and contract start date.
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Award date is 2025-08-06; stated start is 2025-08-13; notice publication is 2026-10-08.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The published supplier name is checked_unmatched: the Companies House workflow completed without finding a safe company match, so supplier identity cannot be treated as verified.
- The notice does not explicitly confirm that a contract was signed, despite providing a stated contract period.
- No lots, lot titles, lot allocations or individual lot values are published.
- Information on bids received, participants, evaluation methodology, scores, award rationale and pricing is not supplied in the published notice.
- Extension, renewal and termination terms are not supplied; the August 2035 re-procurement horizon is only an estimate based on the stated end date.
- The award notice publication date is more than a year after the stated award and contract-start dates; the source does not explain this timing.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
West Sussex County Councilrespiratory protective equipmentInterspiro AB c/o Interspiro Ltdcall-off agreementfirefighting equipmentContracts Finder
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who was named in the award?
The notice names Interspiro AB c/o Interspiro Ltd. The name is unverified because the completed Companies House matching workflow found no safe company match.
What is the award value?
The single published award is valued at £2,040,000.
What is being procured?
Respiratory protective equipment through a call-off from a framework agreement.
When does the stated contract period end?
The notice states an end date of 12 August 2035.
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.