AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
North East Combined Authority terminated the open competition for regional identity and creative-treatment consultancy. No supplier was awarded and no contract conclusion is evidenced.
Published outcomeCancelled procurement; the authority decided not to proceed because time had elapsed and the service specification needed to change.
Market significanceThe opportunity had a stated maximum budget of £70,000 and envisaged a 10-week consultancy assignment, but it is no longer proceeding under this process.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Current procurement outcome
99% confidenceCancelled / terminated
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Award 1 is marked "cancelled"; the published document is a "Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender".
Termination date
98% confidence15 October 2026
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Award 1 finalStatusDate: 2026-10-15T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract conclusion
99% confidenceNot evidenced
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No supplier, award date, contract start date or contract end date is supplied; the award status is cancelled.
VALUES
Published values explained
Maximum stated budget
96% confidence£70,000 gross
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The opportunity description states: "The maximum total budget for this contract is £70,000"; process value_max is 70000 GBP and value_basis is gross.
Awarded contract value
99% confidenceUnknown; no value awarded
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Award 1 has no value amount and is cancelled.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Original notice published
98% confidence13 January 2026
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Release history records tender notice 002520-2026 at 2026-01-13T10:18:22Z.
Tender deadline
98% confidence3 February 2026, 12:00 UTC
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Process submission_deadline: 2026-02-03T12:00:00Z.
Indicative intended commencement
90% confidenceApril 2026
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Opportunity description says the contract was to commence in April 2026.
Termination notice published
98% confidence15 October 2026
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Cancellation document 097519-2026 was published at 2026-10-15T14:21:02+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
95% confidenceConsultancy support to develop a regional identity and creative treatment framework
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Opportunity description.
Planned delivery period
93% confidence10 weeks
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Opportunity description states that the consultancy work would need to be completed over a 10-week period.
Lot structure
98% confidenceOne lot (Lot 1)
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Tender details list lot 1; cancelled award 1 relates to lot 1.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
98% confidenceBelow-threshold open competition
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Process procurement_method_details: "Below threshold - open competition".
Competition outcome
99% confidenceNo successful supplier published
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The supplier list is empty and the sole award is cancelled.
Bid and evaluation information
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No bid counts, bidder identities, scores or evaluation results are included in the supplied data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract status
99% confidenceNo active or concluded contract evidenced
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The process is terminated and award 1 is cancelled.
Start and end dates
99% confidenceNot supplied
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Process contract_start_at and contract_end_at are null.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No extension or renewal information is included in the supplied data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Reason for termination
98% confidenceThe authority cited elapsed time and a need to change the service specification.
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Award statusDetails: "Due to the passage of time which has elapsed and the Authority's specification requiring changing in relation to this service, we have taken the decision not to proceed with this process."
Potential future requirement
95% confidenceA future requirement is not confirmed
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The authority said the specification required changing, but supplied data contains no replacement notice or commitment to re-tender.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Lifecycle clarity
99% confidenceThe record is a termination notice, despite an interface display status of awarded.
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Process display_status is "awarded", while notice_type is "Procurement termination notice" and award 1 status is "cancelled".
Award data availability
99% confidenceNo supplier, award date or awarded value is published.
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Suppliers array is empty; award 1 has null award_date and value_amount.
Lot detail availability
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or value.
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Supplied Lot 1 fields for title, description and value are null.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No supplier, awarded value, award date, bid count, evaluation results or pricing detail is published because the procurement was cancelled.
- The supplied interface display status is "awarded", but the authoritative supplied termination notice and award status identify the process as cancelled.
- Information on any revised specification, replacement procurement or future re-tender was not supplied in the published notice.
- Lot 1 title, description and value were not supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
North East Combined Authorityregional identitycreative treatmentconsultancy tenderprocurement terminationcancelled tender
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Was a supplier awarded this contract?
No. The sole published award record is cancelled and no supplier is named.
Why was the procurement terminated?
The authority said time had elapsed and its specification for the service needed to change.
What was the stated budget?
The opportunity stated a maximum total budget of £70,000 gross.
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