AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
The City of London Corporation has published a contract award notice naming SAGOSS LIMITED for a back-office parking management system supporting civil parking and traffic enforcement. The award is not evidenced as signed: the notice records a future signature date of 2 November 2026.
Published outcomeAward 1 is active and names SAGOSS LIMITED as the sole supplier for lot 1. The published gross award value is £926,442.
Market significanceThis is a five-year planned technology and parking-management award, with an optional extension of up to two years, for replacement of the buyer’s existing back-office arrangements.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
SAGOSS LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · 926442 GBP · Awarded; signature not yet evidenced
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Verified company name for company number 05937380; award 1 names Sagoss Limited as supplier, covers lot 1, and has a gross value of £926,442.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Procurement status
98% confidenceComplete open procedure; award active
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Tender status is “complete”; award 1 status is “active”.
Award announcement
99% confidencePublished 8 October 2026
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The UK6 contract award notice was published on 8 October 2026.
Contract signature
99% confidenceNot evidenced as signed
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Award milestone records a future signature date scheduled for 2 November 2026.
Planned contract start
98% confidence1 April 2027
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Award 1 contract period startDate is 2027-04-01.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published award value
99% confidence£926,442 gross
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Award 1 value.amountGross is 926442 GBP.
Process-level maximum value
90% confidence£500,000
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Process record value_max is 500000 GBP.
Value consistency
99% confidencePublished award value exceeds the process-level maximum value
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£926,442 award gross value is higher than the £500,000 process value_max; no explanation is supplied.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Preliminary market engagement
97% confidence19 January 2026 to 26 January 2026
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Release history lists preliminary market engagement notices and updates on those dates.
Planned procurement notice
98% confidence5 March 2026
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Release history lists a planned procurement notice dated 5 March 2026.
Tender deadline
98% confidence17 August 2026, 12:00 BST
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Process submission_deadline is 2026-08-17T12:00:00+01:00.
Award date
99% confidence8 October 2026
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Award 1 date is 2026-10-08.
Scheduled signature date
99% confidence2 November 2026
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Award milestone futureSignatureDate is 2026-11-02.
Planned end date
98% confidence31 March 2032
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Award 1 contractPeriod endDate is 2032-03-31.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceModern back-office parking management system
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Notice description states the requirement is for a modern parking back-office system.
Operational use
99% confidenceCivil parking and traffic enforcement
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Notice description specifies support for civil parking and traffic enforcement.
Purpose
98% confidenceReplace existing arrangements and support compliance, resilience, and future operational and digital requirements
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Stated in the notice description.
Lot structure
99% confidenceOne lot; no published lot title or description
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Tender and award both reference lot 1; lot title and description are null.
Classifications
97% confidenceParking, parking-enforcement, car-park-management, facilities-management software and system-management software services
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Award item CPV classifications include 63700000, 98351110, 63712400, 48421000, 48781000 and 98351000.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceOpen procedure
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Process procurement_method_details is “Open procedure”.
Procurement category
98% confidenceGoods
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Process and award main procurement category are goods.
Above-threshold status
99% confidenceYes
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Award 1 aboveThreshold is true.
Competition information
99% confidenceNumber of bids, evaluation scores and reasons for award not published in supplied data
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Base term
98% confidence5 years
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Planned period runs from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2032.
Extension option
98% confidenceUp to 2 years
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Award hasRenewal is true and renewal description states “up to 2 years”.
Maximum potential end date
98% confidence31 March 2034
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Award contractPeriod maxExtentDate is 2034-03-31.
Contract execution status
99% confidenceNot evidenced as concluded or signed
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A future signature milestone is scheduled for 2 November 2026; no signed-contract record is supplied.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Replacement opportunity
98% confidenceThe award concerns replacement of existing back-office parking arrangements
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Notice description says the new system will replace the existing arrangements.
Technology and service mix
96% confidenceThe published classifications indicate software alongside parking and enforcement-related services
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CPV codes cover facilities-management software, system-management software, parking services and parking enforcement services.
Value allocation
94% confidenceThe £926,442 value is allocated to the sole published award and supplier, rather than separately to components
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One award names one supplier and lot 1; no component-level pricing is supplied.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Signature status
99% confidenceAward notice does not evidence a signed contract
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A future signature date of 2 November 2026 is scheduled.
Value discrepancy
99% confidenceThe award gross value (£926,442) exceeds the process-level value maximum (£500,000)
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Both values are present in supplied data without a reconciliation.
Published scope detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no title or description, and no individual pricing breakdown is supplied
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Lot title, description and lot value are null.
Competition and evaluation detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No bid count, scoring, ranking or award rationale is included in supplied data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The record is an award notice with a future scheduled signature date; it does not establish that a contract has been signed or started.
- The published £926,442 gross award value conflicts with the £500,000 process-level maximum value, and no explanation is supplied.
- No bid count, bidder list, evaluation scores, award rationale, pricing breakdown or individual lot value is supplied.
- Lot 1 has no published title or description.
- The source gives an extension of up to two years but does not publish detailed extension conditions.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
City of London parking management system awardSAGOSS LIMITEDback-office parking systemparking enforcement softwareFind a Tender 095393-2026
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who was awarded the City of London parking back-office system?
SAGOSS LIMITED, verified against company number 05937380, is the sole supplier named for award 1.
What is the published award value?
The award notice states a gross value of £926,442.
Has the contract been signed?
Not on the supplied evidence. The notice records a signature date scheduled for 2 November 2026.
When is the system contract planned to start?
The published contract period starts on 1 April 2027.
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.