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Burnley Borough Council and Liberata UK Limited - Strategic Partnership, Deed of Variation

Burnley Borough Council · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 2 Oct 2026, 23:01.

Opportunity overview

The further extension of the agreement to deliver outsourced services, via a deed of variation, on behalf of Burnley Borough Council to include Revenues and Benefits, Customer Services and IT Services within a strategic partnership with Liberata UK Ltd.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

LIBERATA UK LIMITED

Matched by number
Published award value
£7.7m
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 01238274
Location
London, UKI31, EC2V 6AX, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-06836c
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Due to Local Government Reorganisation (LGR), there is insufficient management capacity to bring the services back in house prior to LGR. Running a new procurement exercise is costly and unless the council offers a minimum 8 year term the opportunity is highly unlikely to attract competitive bids. Any such long term agreements will bind the successor authority under LGR to a borough level strategic partnership. While the council should not make decisions now, that could fetter the decision making of future councils, it can make decisions that are necessary to ensure a smooth transition and to secure ongoing and future best value in service delivery. A short period of continuity reduces the risk of disruption to core service delivery for Burnley Borough residents in the immediate aftermath of reorganisation. The extension of this agreement falls within the remit of the permitted modifications to public procurement rules within schedule 8 regulation 74 of the Procurement Act 2023. This extension, in advance of LGR in Lancashire, will also align Burnley's Liberata contract end date with that of Pendle Council's. In addition to the reasons for the contract extension set out above, given the shared resources across the contracts, Burnley's exit from the contract by the current date of 31st December 2027, could have destabilising effect for services in Pendle.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
switchingDirectAward

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Burnley Borough Council
Id
GB-PPON-PXCG-1649-DCLV

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PXCG-1649-DCLV

Address

Street Address
Town Hall, Manchester Rd
Locality
Burnley
Postal Code
BB119SA
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKD46

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
LIBERATA UK LIMITED
Id
GB-COH-01238274

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
01238274

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PNZL-2194-VZYZ

Address

Street Address
60 Cheapside 2nd Floor Front
Locality
London
Postal Code
EC2V 6AX
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI31

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
Liberata UK Limited - Strategic Partnership Deed of Variation
Status
pending
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Has Renewal
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
72000000
Description
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
75310000
Description
Benefit services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
79342300
Description
Customer services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKD46
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
9,264,800
Amount
7,720,667
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-01238274
Name
LIBERATA UK LIMITED

Contract period

Starts
1 Jan 2028, 00:00
Ends
1 Feb 2030, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Jan 2031, 23:59

Renewal

Description
At the discretion of the council

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
034382-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
15 Apr 2026, 16:15
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
1 Jun 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Burnley · UKD46 · BB119SA · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 034382-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·