AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council published redacted signed-contract documents for its Security Provisions procurement. The notice says it is an addendum to a linked UK7 Contract Details Notice, not a substantive contract modification. Supplier names and lot descriptions are not included in the supplied data.
Published outcomeA contract record (ID 3) is reported at £4,352,290 net (£5,222,748 gross), with a recorded start date of 7 July 2026. Two active award records are also listed for LOT-0001 and LOT-0002, but no supplier or award-to-contract allocation is supplied.
Market significanceThis is an above-threshold public-sector security-related procurement with a multi-lot award structure indicated, although the published extract does not identify suppliers, scope detail or allocation of the contract value.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Award notice published
93% confidence23 January 2026
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Release history records Contract award notice 006408-2026 dated 2026-01-23.
Contract details notice published
93% confidence13 July 2026
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Release history records Contract details notice 065647-2026 dated 2026-07-13.
Recorded contract start
95% confidence7 July 2026
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Contract ID 3 period.startDate is 2026-07-07.
Contract documents published
84% confidence13 July 2026 notice context; document dates not supplied
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The supplied notice describes publication of redacted contract documents in support of UK7 Contract Details Notice 2026/S 000-065647.
Termination notice published
93% confidence13 July 2026
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Release history records procurement termination notice 065651-2026 dated 2026-07-13.
Later notice position
98% confidenceContract change notice published 9 October 2026, stated not to modify the contract
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The amendment rationale explicitly says the notice does not describe a modification and is being used to add redacted contract material.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
97% confidence£4,352,290
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Contract ID 3 value.amount is 4352290 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
97% confidence£5,222,748
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Contract ID 3 value.amountGross is 5222748 GBP.
Value allocation
98% confidenceNot supplied
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No individual award, supplier or lot values are provided; the stated contract value is retained at contract level.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract award notice
93% confidence23 January 2026
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Release history: 006408-2026.
Recorded contract start
95% confidence7 July 2026
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Contract ID 3 period.startDate.
Contract details notice
93% confidence13 July 2026
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Release history: 065647-2026.
Procurement termination notice
93% confidence13 July 2026
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Release history: 065651-2026.
Addendum-style contract change notice
93% confidence9 October 2026
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Release history: 095464-2026.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Procurement title
99% confidenceSecurity Provisions
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Process title and tender title are both Security Provisions.
Lots indicated
93% confidenceLOT-0001 and LOT-0002
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Award record 1 lists LOT-0001 and award record 2 lists LOT-0002.
Lot descriptions
99% confidenceNot supplied
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The supplied lots array is empty and the award records have no titles or descriptions.
Delivery location information
91% confidenceBuyer location: Bradford, United Kingdom (UKE41)
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Locations data identifies this as buyer location rather than a contract performance location.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceUnknown
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procurement_method and procurement_method_details are null.
Competition and bidder information
99% confidenceNot supplied
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No tenderer, bid-count, score or evaluation data is included.
Threshold status
97% confidenceAbove threshold
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Contract ID 3 has aboveThreshold set to true.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract record
98% confidenceContract ID 3, linked to awardID 3
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The contracts array contains ID 3 and awardID 3.
Contract start
95% confidence7 July 2026
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Contract ID 3 period.startDate is 2026-07-07.
Contract end date
99% confidenceNot supplied
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No endDate is present in the contract period.
Signed-contract documentation
94% confidenceFive redacted documents are labelled contractSigned
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Documents A-23821, A-23822, A-23824, A-23825 and A-23826 have documentType contractSigned and state they support UK7 Contract Details Notice 2026/S 000-065647.
Modification status of later notice
98% confidenceThe later notice states it is not a contract modification
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Its rationale says it is being used as an addendum to attach redacted contract documentation.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Value treatment
98% confidenceThe £4.35m net / £5.22m gross figures are contract-level values and must not be allocated to either listed award or lot.
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Values appear only on contract ID 3; awards 1 and 2 have null values.
Market visibility
98% confidenceThe supplied extract indicates two lots but does not disclose the suppliers, lot scope, individual award values or pricing.
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Awards reference two lot IDs, while suppliers and lots arrays are empty and award values are null.
Later notice interpretation
98% confidenceThe October 2026 notice should be treated as document-publication administration, not evidence of a commercial contract change.
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The stated rationale expressly says it does not describe a modification.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier information unavailable
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published extract.
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No suppliers or supplier parties are present.
Award-to-contract linkage inconsistency
99% confidenceAwards are IDs 1 and 2, while the sole contract is linked to awardID 3; no mapping is supplied.
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Awards list award_id 1 and 2; contract ID 3 lists awardID 3.
Potential lifecycle tension
96% confidenceA procurement termination notice was published on the same date as the contract details notice, while the supplied awards remain marked active. The extract does not explain what was terminated or its effect on the contract record.
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Release history includes tenderCancellation 065651-2026; awards 1 and 2 have status active.
Scope and allocation detail unavailable
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published extract.
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Lot descriptions, supplier names, individual values and award dates are absent.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No supplier names, legal identities or supplier-to-lot allocation are supplied.
- The published extract does not provide lot descriptions, award dates, individual lot values, pricing detail, evaluation results or bidder counts.
- Awards 1 and 2 do not match the contract record's awardID 3, and no reconciliation is supplied.
- A procurement termination notice appears in the release history, but the supplied evidence does not explain its scope or effect.
- No contract end date, extension option or renewal terms are supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Security ProvisionsCity of Bradford Metropolitan District CouncilBradford Council contractUK public procurementFind a Tendersecurity procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Security Provisions contract?
No supplier names are supplied in the provided data.
What is the reported contract value?
Contract ID 3 reports £4,352,290 excluding VAT and £5,222,748 including VAT. These figures are not allocated to individual awards or lots.
Was the October 2026 notice a contract modification?
No. Its stated rationale says it was an addendum used to publish redacted contract documents, not a modification.
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.