AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Cabinet Office awarded BOOKINGLAB LIMITED a £150,000 contract for a cloud-based self-service booking platform supporting the National School of Government and Public Services (NSGPS). The award covers a planned period from 12 October 2026 to 11 October 2028.
Published outcomeOne active award was recorded for BOOKINGLAB LIMITED, dated 7 October 2026 and published on 20 October 2026.
Market significanceThis is a modest-value public-sector software and information-systems procurement supporting an in-house training delivery model.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
BOOKINGLAB LIMITED
99% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-d7d40dae-338a-4afa-9b68-fed30d23af8f-1 · 150000 GBP · active
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Award record names supplier BOOKINGLAB Limited and gives an award value of GBP 150,000. Supplier verification matches Companies House number 11764238 to BOOKINGLAB LIMITED.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice; source record marked complete
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The notice type is “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”; process stage is award, source status is complete, and the award status is active.
Award decision date
99% confidence7 October 2026
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Award record date: 2026-10-07T00:00:00+01:00.
Planned contract period
99% confidence12 October 2026 to 11 October 2028
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Award and tender contractPeriod give startDate 2026-10-12 and endDate 2028-10-11.
Signed-contract documentation
90% confidenceContract-signed documents are listed
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Two award documents have documentType “contractSigned”. The supplied metadata does not provide their contents or signature dates.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
99% confidence£150,000
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The award value is 150000 GBP; the tender value is also 150000 GBP.
Value allocation
97% confidenceEntire published award value associated with the single recorded supplier
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There is one award and one listed supplier, BOOKINGLAB LIMITED, with no lots recorded.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Submission deadline
99% confidence25 September 2026, 23:59 BST
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Tender period endDate: 2026-09-25T23:59:00+01:00.
Award date
99% confidence7 October 2026
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Award date: 2026-10-07T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract start
99% confidence12 October 2026
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Contract period startDate: 2026-10-12T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract end
99% confidence11 October 2028
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Contract period endDate: 2028-10-11T23:59:59+01:00.
Award notice publication
99% confidence20 October 2026
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Award notice datePublished: 2026-10-20T12:40:03+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceCloud-based automated self-service booking platform dedicated to NSGPS
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The description specifies a cloud-based, automated self-service booking platform serving as the dedicated booking system for NSGPS.
Operating objective
99% confidenceSupport transition from externally provided learning services to an in-house-led model for centrally delivered training courses
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Stated in the published procurement description.
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 48000000 — Software package and information systems
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Primary classification in the tender data.
Delivery location
93% confidenceB4 6AF
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The sole tender item lists delivery postal code B4 6AF.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement route
99% 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
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No bid count, participating suppliers, evaluation scores, or award rationale is supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract period
99% confidence12 October 2026 to 11 October 2028
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Tender and award contractPeriod fields state these dates.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No extension options or renewal clauses are provided in the supplied structured data.
Contract documentation
90% confidenceTwo documents are categorised as contract-signed attachments
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Award documents 2 and 3 carry documentType “contractSigned”; their content is not supplied.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial model
96% confidenceFramework call-off for a dedicated training-booking platform
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The procedure is a call-off from a framework agreement, while the scope describes a dedicated NSGPS booking system.
Published value and duration
98% confidence£150,000 over approximately two years
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Published award value is £150,000 and stated period runs from 12 October 2026 to 11 October 2028.
Award rationale
99% confidenceUnknown
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The notice supplies no scoring, evaluation narrative, pricing comparison, or reasons for selecting the supplier.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award and supplier coverage
99% confidenceOne active award and one verified supplier are recorded
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The supplied award dataset contains one award, and supplier verification returned one verified supplier matched by company number.
Lot allocation
99% confidenceNo lots are recorded
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lots is empty and the award has no lot IDs.
Published information gaps
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice includes bid count, evaluation results, award rationale, pricing breakdown, detailed service levels, and extension terms
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These fields are absent from the supplied structured notice data.
Signed-document detail
98% confidenceContract-signed attachments are listed, but their text and signature dates are not supplied
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The documents are categorised as contractSigned but contain no supplied title, publication date, or document contents.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The published notice does not disclose the number of bids, bidder identities, evaluation scoring, award rationale, or price breakdown.
- No lot titles, lot IDs, or individual lot values are published.
- Extension, renewal, termination, service-level and implementation terms are not supplied.
- Two contract-signed attachments are listed, but their contents and signature dates were not provided in the supplied evidence.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Cabinet OfficeBOOKINGLAB LIMITEDNSGPSbooking systemcloud booking platformframework call-offpublic sector software procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the NSGPS booking system contract?
BOOKINGLAB LIMITED won the recorded £150,000 award.
What is being procured?
A cloud-based automated self-service booking platform dedicated to NSGPS, supporting centrally delivered training courses.
What is the contract period?
The published planned period runs from 12 October 2026 to 11 October 2028.
What procurement route was used?
The notice describes a selective call-off from a framework agreement.
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