AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Southampton City Council has published an award notice for a media monitoring platform for its Communications Team. The active award names ACCESS INTELLIGENCE MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED (source name: Access Intelligence Media and Communication Limited t/a Vuelio) and gives an award value of £60,000.
Published outcomeAward announced to ACCESS INTELLIGENCE MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED under the G-Cloud 14 framework call-off route.
Market significanceA £60,000 public-sector media-monitoring software/services award, with a stated two-year contract period.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
ACCESS INTELLIGENCE MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
96% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-ad1d8984-8bce-44e2-928a-89a83e52d1a6-1 · 60000 GBP · active award
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Supplier verification identifies company number 03819220 as ACCESS INTELLIGENCE MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED; the active award names the corresponding source supplier entity.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
98% confidenceAwarded contract notice; award status active
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The process is labelled “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder” and the award status is “active”.
Award date
98% confidence12 October 2026
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Award record date: 2026-10-12T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract signature
99% confidenceUnknown
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No signed-contract field or explicit signature evidence is supplied.
Planned contract period
97% confidence1 November 2026 to 31 October 2028
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Award and tender contractPeriod state these dates.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
99% confidence£60,000
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The award record value is 60000 GBP.
Tender-level stated value
98% confidence£600,000
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The tender value is 600000 GBP and the process value_max is 600000 GBP.
Value consistency
99% confidenceThe published tender-level value (£600,000) differs from the award value (£60,000). The source does not explain the difference.
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Tender value: 600000 GBP; award value: 60000 GBP.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender submission deadline
98% confidence7 August 2026, 17:00 BST
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Tender period endDate: 2026-08-07T17:00:00+01:00.
Award notice published
98% confidence12 October 2026, 17:26 BST
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Award notice datePublished: 2026-10-12T17:26:50+01:00.
Planned start date
97% confidence1 November 2026
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Award contractPeriod startDate: 2026-11-01T00:00:00Z.
Planned end date
97% confidence31 October 2028
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Award contractPeriod endDate: 2028-10-31T23:59:59Z.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceMedia monitoring platform for Southampton City Council's Communications Team
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Process title and description state “Media Monitoring Platform” for the Communications Team.
Procurement category
99% confidenceServices
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mainProcurementCategory is services.
CPV classification
99% confidence72200000 — Software programming and consultancy services
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Primary classification supplied in the tender data.
Delivery location
94% confidenceSO14 7LY
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Tender item delivery address postal code is SO14 7LY.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceSelective; call-off from a framework agreement
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procurementMethod is selective and procurementMethodDetails is “Call-off from a framework agreement”.
Framework
98% confidenceG-Cloud 14 Framework Agreement (RM1557.14)
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Tender description explicitly identifies G-Cloud 14 (RM1557.14).
Competition information
99% confidenceUnknown
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No bid count, bidder list, evaluation scores, or award rationale is supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Stated term
96% confidence24 months
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The stated period runs from 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2028.
Extension options
99% confidenceUnknown
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No extension or option terms are supplied.
SME suitability
95% confidenceMarked suitable for SMEs
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Tender suitability.sme is true.
VCSE suitability
95% confidenceNot marked suitable for VCSEs
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Tender suitability.vcse is false.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Route to market
98% confidenceThe award was made through the G-Cloud 14 framework rather than an open procedure.
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The tender description and procedure details state a G-Cloud 14 framework call-off.
Awarded value position
98% confidenceThe £60,000 award value is one tenth of the £600,000 tender-level stated value, but the notice gives no explanation or value basis for the difference.
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Published tender value is £600,000 and award value is £60,000.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier naming difference handled
99% confidenceThe verified legal company name differs from the source supplier wording. This analysis uses the supplied verified legal name; the source wording includes “t/a Vuelio”.
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supplier_name_mismatch is true; verification matched company number 03819220.
Value discrepancy
99% confidenceInformation published in the notice contains conflicting tender-level (£600,000) and award-level (£60,000) values; neither is substituted for the other.
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Tender value and award value fields differ.
Information not supplied in the published notice
99% confidenceNo contract signature evidence, evaluation detail, bid count, lot allocation, pricing breakdown, extension terms, or award rationale is supplied.
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No such fields or documents are provided in the source data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The tender-level stated value (£600,000) conflicts with the award value (£60,000), with no explanation supplied.
- The source supplier wording differs from the verified legal company name; the source uses “Access Intelligence Media and Communication Limited t/a Vuelio”, while verification identifies ACCESS INTELLIGENCE MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED.
- No explicit evidence confirms that a contract has been signed.
- No bid count, evaluation scores, award rationale, pricing breakdown, lot allocation, or extension terms were published.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Southampton City Councilmedia monitoring platformACCESS INTELLIGENCE MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS LIMITEDVuelioG-Cloud 14public procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won Southampton City Council's media monitoring platform award?
The verified legal supplier is ACCESS INTELLIGENCE MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED (company number 03819220). The source names it as Access Intelligence Media and Communication Limited t/a Vuelio.
What is the published award value?
The award record states £60,000. The tender-level record separately states £600,000, and the notice does not explain the difference.
When is the stated contract period?
The published period is 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2028. Signature evidence was not supplied.
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