AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust published an awarded contract notice for ServiceNow HRSD business-as-usual support within its digital transformation of people services. The notice identifies ERNST & YOUNG LLP as supplier and states a £90,000 award value.
Published outcomeAward notice published; the underlying source award is marked active. The supplied dataset also contains a duplicate active award record with the same date, supplier and value, so it is not possible to treat these as two separate £90,000 awards.
Market significanceA £90,000 public-sector call-off for HR service-management support, procured through a framework agreement.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
2 supplier records analysed
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
99% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-b6bf5e08-1853-40da-af60-9c299d033427-1 · 90000 GBP · active
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Source award names ERNST & YOUNG LLP as supplier; verified legal name supplied, company number OC300001.
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
75% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-b6bf5e08-1853-40da-af60-9c299d033427-2 · 90000 GBP · active
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Supplementary awards dataset contains an active award with the same supplier, date and value as award -1; it is treated as a potentially duplicate record.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
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Process notice type and award document description.
Source award status
96% confidenceActive
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Underlying OCDS award status is "active".
Award decision date
97% confidence5 August 2026
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Source award date: 2026-08-05.
Contract period stated in notice
98% confidence1 September 2026 to 30 June 2027
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Tender and source award contractPeriod fields.
Publication date
99% confidence9 October 2026
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Award notice published at 2026-10-09T16:20:57+01:00.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published award value
98% confidence£90,000
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The source award and tender value each state GBP 90,000.
Value allocation
90% confidenceThe £90,000 is published on the underlying source award to ERNST & YOUNG LLP; the supplementary dataset repeats the same value in a second potentially duplicate award record.
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Award -1 in details_json is £90,000; both supplied award rows are £90,000 with identical supplier and award date.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Submission deadline
98% confidence3 August 2026, 12:00 BST
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Tender period end date: 2026-08-03T12:00:00+01:00.
Award date
97% confidence5 August 2026
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Both supplied award records state 2026-08-05.
Stated service start
98% confidence1 September 2026
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Published contract period start date.
Stated service end
98% confidence30 June 2027
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Published contract period end date.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceServiceNow HRSD business-as-usual support for digital transformation of people services.
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Published tender description: "Digital Transformation of People Services: ServiceNow HRSD BAU Support".
Procurement category
99% confidenceServices
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mainProcurementCategory is services.
CPV
98% confidence79410000 — Business and management consultancy services
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Primary classification supplied in tender data.
Delivery location
89% confidenceBN11 1HS, United Kingdom
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Tender item delivery addresses list postal code BN11 1HS and United Kingdom.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
98% confidenceSelective
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Process and tender procurementMethod fields.
Route to market
99% confidenceCall-off from a framework agreement
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procurementMethodDetails states this explicitly.
Competition information
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No bid count, bidder list, scoring or evaluation narrative is provided.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Stated term
98% confidence1 September 2026 to 30 June 2027
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Published contract period fields.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No extension or option fields are supplied.
Contract signature
99% confidenceNot stated.
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The supplied award notice and award data do not explicitly state that a contract was signed.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial route
98% confidenceFramework call-off for ServiceNow HRSD BAU support.
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Tender description and procurementMethodDetails.
Published value context
98% confidenceThe notice states a £90,000 value, but no pricing breakdown, rate card, deliverables schedule or payment structure is published.
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Only the aggregate tender/award value is supplied.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Potential duplicate award record
98% confidenceThe supplementary dataset contains two active awards with the same award date, supplier and £90,000 value, while the underlying notice data contains one award. They cannot safely be counted as two distinct awards or aggregated to £180,000.
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Comparison of supplied awards array with details_json awards.
Lot allocation
99% confidenceNo lots or lot-to-award allocations are published.
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Lots array is empty and award lot IDs are null.
Unpublished evaluation detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: bid count, bidder identities, evaluation criteria, scores and award rationale.
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No such fields are present in supplied data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The supplied awards dataset has a second active record duplicating the supplier, date and £90,000 value of the underlying source award; whether it is a true additional award is unresolved.
- No lots, lot titles or award-to-lot allocations are published.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: bid count, competing suppliers, evaluation criteria, scores, award rationale, pricing breakdown and payment terms.
- The notice does not explicitly confirm contract signature, despite publishing a contract period.
- No extension, option or renewal terms are published.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation TrustERNST & YOUNG LLPServiceNow HRSDHRSD BAU supportframework call-offpublic procurement£90,000 contract
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who was named as supplier?
ERNST & YOUNG LLP, verified in the supplied data as company number OC300001.
What is the published award value?
£90,000. A duplicate supplementary award record means this must not be added twice.
What services are covered?
ServiceNow HRSD business-as-usual support for digital transformation of people services.
When is the stated contract period?
1 September 2026 to 30 June 2027.
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.