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Low Spend Platform

Southampton City Council · award, contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 1 Oct 2026, 22:36.

Opportunity overview

A solution to address high volume, low cost spend across the Council and ensure the Council is gaining maximum benefit from it's spend in these areas - key focus is office supplies and equipment, with the potential widen the scope of items that can be purchased through this solution.

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.

Unite Procurement UK Ltd

Matched by number
Contract value
£2m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
20 Apr 2026
Award ID
045116-2026-1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 08627563
Location
London, UK, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Lots

  • A solution to address high volume, low cost spend across the Council and ensure the Council is gaining maximum benefit from it's spend in these areas - key focus is office supplies and equipment, with the potential widen the scope of items that can be purchased through this solution.Value not stated

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
SCC-2025-0630
Status
complete
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method
limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
The contract was awarded by Southampton City Council through a call-off from the Crown Commercial Service RM6202 Tail Spend Solution framework. As the framework was established in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and advertised appropriately, a further contract notice was not required. The Council has followed the terms of the framework in making this award. This route provided an efficient and compliant way to procure the service while ensuring value for money.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
72000000
Description
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Covered By

GPA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
A solution to address high volume, low cost spend across the Council and ensure the Council is gaining maximum benefit from it's spend in these areas - key focus is office supplies and equipment, with the potential widen the scope of items that can be purchased through this solution.
Has Options
Yes
Status
cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price

Options

Description
2 x 12 months

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Southampton City Council
Id
GB-FTS-139544

Identifier

Legal Name
Southampton City Council
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Address

Street Address
Civic Centre, Civic Centre Road
Locality
Southampton
Region
UKJ32
Postal Code
SO147LY
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Name
Callum Lee

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Id
01
Description
General public services
Organisation 2
Name
Unite Procurement UK Ltd
Id
GB-COH-08627563

Identifier

Legal Name
Unite Procurement UK Ltd
Id
08627563
Scheme
GB-COH

Address

Street Address
16 Great Queen Street
Locality
London
Region
UK
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Organisation 3
Name
The High Court of England and Wales
Id
GB-FTS-66

Identifier

Legal Name
The High Court of England and Wales

Address

Locality
London
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1
Id
045116-2026-1
Status
active

Related lots

1

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-08627563
Name
Unite Procurement UK Ltd

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
045116-2026-1
Award ID
045116-2026-1
Status
active
Date Signed
21 Apr 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount
2,000,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Southampton · UKJ32 · SO147LY · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 045116-2026award, contract ·