AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College published an award notice naming GARTNER U.K. LIMITED for Gartner cloud research and IT leadership team licence services through Crown Commercial Services’ G-Cloud 14 framework (RM1557.14).
Published outcomeOne active award, dated 11 August 2026, has a published value of £72,300 and a stated service period from 12 August 2026 to 31 July 2029.
Market significanceThis is a small, single-supplier public-sector purchase of research, software and information-system-related services via G-Cloud 14.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
GARTNER U.K. LIMITED
98% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-c2935048-1656-4d03-87bd-436dc8a4e005-1 · 72300 GBP · verified
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The award names Gartner UK Limited; supplier verification resolved the legal name as GARTNER U.K. LIMITED (company number 02266016). The £72,300 award value is attached to this sole-supplier award.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
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The process and award document are labelled “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award ocds-b5fd17-c2935048-1656-4d03-87bd-436dc8a4e005-1 is recorded with status “active”.
Award date
98% confidence11 August 2026
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The award record gives date 2026-08-11T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract signature status
99% confidenceUnknown
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The supplied award notice gives an active award and contract-period dates but does not explicitly state that a contract was signed.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published award value
99% confidence£72,300
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The tender and the sole-supplier award each state value amount 72300, currency GBP.
Value allocation
97% confidenceAllocated to the sole award and supplier
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One award is supplied and names one supplier, GARTNER U.K. LIMITED.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Publication date
99% confidence8 October 2026
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The award notice datePublished is 2026-10-08T16:03:10+01:00.
Tender deadline
98% confidence11 August 2026
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The tenderPeriod endDate is 2026-08-11T00:00:00+01:00.
Stated contract start
98% confidence12 August 2026
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The published contract period startDate is 2026-08-12T00:00:00+01:00.
Stated contract end
98% confidence31 July 2029
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The published contract period endDate is 2029-07-31T23:59:59+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceCloud research and Gartner for IT Leadership Team Plus: Team Leader (ITLPLDR) licence
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The notice description states this requirement.
Procurement category
99% confidenceServices
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The process identifies the main category as services.
Primary classification
99% confidenceCPV 48000000 — Software package and information systems
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The tender classification is CPV 48000000.
Delivery region
96% confidenceSouth East, United Kingdom
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The tender item gives the delivery address region as South East, United Kingdom.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Route to market
99% confidenceCrown Commercial Services G-Cloud 14 framework agreement RM1557.14
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The notice description states that the award was made via G-Cloud 14 Framework Agreement RM1557.14.
Published procurement-method detail
98% confidenceOther
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The tender procurementMethodDetails field is “Other - ”.
Competition information
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information on bids received, tenderers, evaluation and scoring was not supplied in the published notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Stated service period
98% confidence12 August 2026 to 31 July 2029
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The tender and award contractPeriod fields give these start and end dates.
Extensions or options
99% confidenceUnknown
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No extension, option or variation terms were supplied in the published notice data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial model
99% confidenceFramework-based purchase
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The award notice says the purchase was made through the CCS G-Cloud 14 framework.
Published pricing detail
99% confidence£72,300 total value; pricing breakdown unknown
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The notice supplies one total GBP value but no unit rates, licence quantities or price breakdown.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier-name normalisation
99% confidenceSource name differs in presentation from the verified legal name
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The source names Gartner UK Limited, while verification resolved GARTNER U.K. LIMITED. The verified legal name is used in this analysis.
Unpublished commercial and evaluation detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No bid count, scores, award rationale, pricing breakdown, lot allocation or extension terms are supplied.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The notice does not explicitly confirm contract signature; it supports an active award and states a contract period.
- The source supplier name, “Gartner UK Limited”, differs in presentation from the verified legal name, GARTNER U.K. LIMITED; the verified legal name has been used.
- No lot titles or separate lot allocation are published.
- No information is supplied on bid numbers, evaluation, scoring, reasons for award, licence quantities, pricing breakdown, options or extensions.
- The stated end date supports only an estimated timing observation, not a forecast of renewal or re-procurement.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Royal Holloway Gartner Research ServicesGARTNER U.K. LIMITEDG-Cloud 14RM1557.14cloud researchIT leadership licencepublic procurement award
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Royal Holloway Gartner Research Services award?
GARTNER U.K. LIMITED is the verified legal supplier named for the sole published award.
What is the published value of the award?
The published award value is £72,300.
Which framework was used?
The notice states that the award was made through Crown Commercial Services G-Cloud 14 framework agreement RM1557.14.
When is the stated service period?
The published contract period runs from 12 August 2026 to 31 July 2029.
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.