AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust awarded a framework call-off for network and data cable supply and installation to SOFTCAT PLC. The published award value is £550,000 and the stated delivery period runs from 1 August 2026 to 31 July 2028.
Published outcomeOne active award is recorded for SOFTCAT PLC under the Total Technology Solutions Framework.
Market significanceA £550,000 NHS technology-infrastructure call-off, using a selective framework route, for data cabling works.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
SOFTCAT PLC
99% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-ec9f4b91-da9a-44f8-a754-e7665c7dce38-1 · 550000 GBP · Active award
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The award names Softcat plc as supplier; supplier verification provides verified company name SOFTCAT PLC (company number 02174990). The single award value is £550,000.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published 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
98% confidenceActive
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Award ocds-b5fd17-ec9f4b91-da9a-44f8-a754-e7665c7dce38-1 has status “active”.
Award decision date
98% confidence9 September 2026
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The award record gives date 2026-09-09T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract period stated
98% confidence1 August 2026 to 31 July 2028
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The award and tender contractPeriod fields state these dates.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
99% confidence£550,000
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The award value is 550000 GBP.
Published value range
96% confidence£250,000 to £550,000
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The tender minValue is 250000 GBP and tender value is 550000 GBP.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender submission deadline
98% confidence31 July 2026, 12:00 BST
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The tenderPeriod endDate is 2026-07-31T12:00:00+01:00.
Stated contract start
98% confidence1 August 2026
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The contractPeriod startDate is 2026-08-01T00:00:00+01:00.
Award decision date
98% confidence9 September 2026
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The award date is 2026-09-09T00:00:00+01:00.
Award notice published
99% confidence14 October 2026
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The award notice datePublished is 2026-10-14T11:22:54+01:00.
Stated contract end
98% confidence31 July 2028
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The contractPeriod endDate is 2028-07-31T23:59:59+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceSupply and installation of network and data cable
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The published description states: “This contract is for the supply and installation of Network and Data Cable”.
Primary classification
98% confidenceCPV 72300000 — Data services
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The tender classification identifies CPV 72300000, described as Data services.
Lots
97% confidenceNo lot structure published
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No lots are supplied and the award contains no lot IDs.
Delivery locations
93% confidenceKT22 7AD and broad geographic entries including United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Europe and Rest of the World
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The tender item lists delivery addresses with postcode KT22 7AD and these country or regional entries.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceSelective
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The process and tender procurementMethod are “selective”.
Route to market
99% confidenceCall-off from a framework agreement
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The procurementMethodDetails state “Call-off from a framework agreement”.
Framework named
99% confidenceTotal Technology Solutions Framework
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The description states that the contract was awarded via the Total Technology Solutions Framework.
SME suitability
95% confidenceMarked suitable for SMEs
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The tender suitability field states sme: true.
Competition information
99% confidenceNot published
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No bid count, bidder identities, evaluation scores or award rationale is supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Stated term
98% confidenceTwo years
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The stated period runs from 1 August 2026 to 31 July 2028.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceNot published
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No extension or renewal provisions are supplied.
Pricing detail
99% confidenceNot published beyond the published value range and £550,000 award value
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No rate card, pricing schedule or cost breakdown is supplied.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Market route
99% confidenceFramework call-off rather than an open procurement
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The notice identifies a selective call-off from a framework agreement.
Award concentration
98% confidenceOne supplier is named on one £550,000 award
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The source contains one award, naming SOFTCAT PLC, with value £550,000.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award versus contract execution
99% confidenceThe source is an active award notice and states a contract period, but does not explicitly confirm signature or execution of a contract.
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The process stage is award, the document is an awarded contract notice, and no contract signature field is supplied.
Chronology anomaly
99% confidenceThe stated contract start date precedes the award decision date and publication date.
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Start is 1 August 2026; award date is 9 September 2026; notice publication is 14 October 2026.
Geographic scope ambiguity
97% confidenceDelivery addresses include broad and potentially non-specific geographic entries alongside KT22 7AD; the notice does not explain the actual delivery footprint.
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The listed locations include British Oversea Territories, Channel Islands, Europe, Isle of Man, Rest of the World, United Kingdom and postcode KT22 7AD.
Unpublished commercial and evaluation detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: bid count, bidder list, evaluation, award rationale, pricing breakdown, individual work quantities, lot allocation and extension terms.
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These fields are absent from the supplied process, award and tender data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The notice does not explicitly confirm that a contract was signed or executed.
- The stated contract start date of 1 August 2026 is earlier than both the 9 September 2026 award decision date and the 14 October 2026 publication date.
- No bid count, competing suppliers, evaluation scoring, award rationale or savings information is published.
- No extensions, renewal options, pricing breakdown, work quantities or lot-level allocation is published.
- The delivery-location list includes broad geographic entries that do not establish a precise delivery footprint.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
SOFTCAT PLCSurrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trustdata cablingnetwork cablingTotal Technology Solutions FrameworkContracts Finder£550,000
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Data Cabling Works Call Off?
SOFTCAT PLC is the verified legal supplier named for the single published award.
What is the published award value?
The published award value is £550,000.
What is being procured?
The notice describes supply and installation of network and data cable.
When does the stated contract period end?
The stated end date is 31 July 2028. This does not confirm whether extension options exist, as none are published.
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