AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
UK Shared Business Services Limited awarded the Velocity Pilot to CITY PRESS SERVICES LIMITED, trading as Citypress in the source notice. The verified legal supplier name is CITY PRESS SERVICES LIMITED. The published award value is £18,884 for strategic testing and measurement framework development, benchmarks, communications messaging hierarchy and creative briefs.
Published outcomeOne active award was published on 15 October 2026, with an award date and stated contract start of 14 October 2026.
Market significanceThis is a small, below-threshold services award made through a single tender action following a request-for-quotation exercise.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
CITY PRESS SERVICES LIMITED
99% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-dc0eefe4-58bc-4b8a-8ca4-cf28ce9a847e-1 · 18884 GBP · verified legal identity; active award
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Supplier verification matched company number 01924203 to CITY PRESS SERVICES LIMITED. The single award names this supplier and has a value of GBP 18,884.
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.
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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Award record status is "active".
Award date
98% confidence14 October 2026
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Award date: 2026-10-14T00:00:00+01:00.
Published
99% confidence15 October 2026
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Notice published_at: 2026-10-15T10:56:00+01:00.
Stated contract start
98% confidence14 October 2026
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Award and tender contract period start date.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published award value
99% confidence£18,884
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Award value amount 18884, currency GBP. One supplier is named on the single award.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Submission deadline
97% confidence14 September 2026, 11:00 BST
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Tender period endDate: 2026-09-14T11:00:00+01:00.
Award date
98% confidence14 October 2026
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Award date: 2026-10-14T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract period end
98% confidence14 January 2027
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Contract period endDate: 2027-01-14T23:59:59Z.
Notice publication
99% confidence15 October 2026
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Notice published_at: 2026-10-15T10:56:00+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
96% confidenceDevelopment of a strategic testing and measurement framework, including benchmarks, communications messaging hierarchy and creative briefs to inform asset production.
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Published tender description.
Category
99% confidenceServices
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mainProcurementCategory is services.
CPV classification
99% confidence66171000 — Financial consultancy services
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Primary CPV classification.
Delivery geography
94% confidenceUnited Kingdom
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Tender item delivery address country is United Kingdom.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceDirect
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procurementMethod: direct.
Method detail
99% confidenceSingle tender action (below threshold)
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procurementMethodDetails in the published record.
Pre-award exercise
92% confidenceRequest for quotation exercise
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Tender description states the procurement was being concluded following a request for quotation exercise.
Competition information
99% confidenceNumber of bids and evaluation results not supplied in the published notice.
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No bid count, bidder list or evaluation information is provided.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Stated term
98% confidence14 October 2026 to 14 January 2027
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Published contract period start and end dates.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice.
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No extension or renewal provision is stated.
SME suitability
96% confidenceMarked suitable for SMEs
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Tender suitability.sme is true.
VCSE suitability
96% confidenceNot marked suitable for VCSEs
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Tender suitability.vcse is false.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Award structure
98% confidenceA single published award names one verified supplier and carries the published £18,884 value.
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One award record, one supplier record and award value of GBP 18,884.
Route to market
96% confidenceThe below-threshold single tender action indicates a limited direct route rather than an open competition.
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Published method detail: "Single tender action (below threshold)".
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier naming difference handled
99% confidenceThe source name includes the trading-name wording "(trading as Citypress)"; the verified legal supplier name used here is CITY PRESS SERVICES LIMITED.
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Supplier verification matched company number 01924203 and reports nameMismatch: true.
Unpublished commercial detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: bid count, pricing breakdown, evaluation criteria, scores, award rationale, lot allocation and extension terms.
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These fields are absent from the supplied award data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The published record does not provide bid numbers, bidder identities, evaluation scores, selection rationale or pricing detail.
- No lot titles or individual lot allocations are published.
- No extension or renewal option is stated; the January 2027 re-procurement horizon is only an estimate derived from the published end date.
- The source supplier name differs from the verified legal name because it includes the trading-name wording "(trading as Citypress)".
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Velocity PilotCITY PRESS SERVICES LIMITEDCitypressUK Shared Business ServicesUK SBSstrategic testing frameworkmeasurement frameworkContracts Finder award
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Velocity Pilot award?
The verified legal supplier is CITY PRESS SERVICES LIMITED (company number 01924203). The source notice refers to it as trading as Citypress.
What is the published value of the award?
The published award value is £18,884.
What is the stated contract period?
The published period runs from 14 October 2026 to 14 January 2027.
How was the procurement conducted?
The notice records a direct, below-threshold single tender action following a request-for-quotation exercise.
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