AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
HM Revenue & Customs directly awarded CoreFiling Limited a short-term contract for an XBRL validation module supporting Corporation Tax computations. The contract record states it was signed on 1 October 2026 and runs to 31 January 2027.
Published outcomeOne active award and contract are recorded for CoreFiling Limited under lot 1, with a net contract value of £705,000 and gross value of £846,000.
Market significanceThe award concerns specialist tax-computation validation technology. HMRC states that CoreFiling was identified as the only supplier with proven capability and technical expertise to make the required modifications.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
COREFILING LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · 705000 GBP · Active award and contract
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Award 1 names supplier GB-COH-03412339; supplier verification identifies the legal company name as COREFILING LIMITED, company number 03412339. The £705,000 net value is recorded at contract level for this single-supplier contract.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Procurement status
99% confidenceComplete
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Tender status is recorded as "complete".
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 is recorded with status "active".
Contract status
99% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 is recorded with status "active".
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned 1 October 2026
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Contract 1 records dateSigned as 2026-10-01.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value, excluding VAT
99% confidence£705,000
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Contract 1 value.amount is 705000 GBP.
Contract value, including VAT
99% confidence£846,000
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 846000 GBP.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Transparency notice published
98% confidence12 August 2026
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Release history records transparency notice 076881-2026 dated 2026-08-12.
Award notice published
98% confidence14 August 2026
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Release history records contract award notice 077785-2026 dated 2026-08-14.
Contract signed and started
99% confidence1 October 2026
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Contract 1 records dateSigned and period.startDate as 2026-10-01.
Contract end date
99% confidence31 January 2027
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2027-01-31T23:59:59Z.
Contract details notice published
99% confidence15 October 2026
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Contract document and release history record publication on 2026-10-15.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceXBRL validation capability for Corporation Tax computations
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The published description states that the capability is used for Corporation Tax computations.
Intended functions
99% confidenceImprove data quality, support compliance risk profiling, validate newly mandated tax-computation formats, and provide pre-submission feedback to customers, agents and software providers.
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These functions are stated in the tender description.
Procurement category
99% confidenceServices
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is "services".
CPV classification
99% confidence72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
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Award item 1 includes this CPV classification.
Delivery location
97% confidenceUnited Kingdom
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Award item delivery address is recorded as UK, GB.
Lot
99% confidenceLot 1; no published lot title or description
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Award and contract relate to lot 1, while the supplied lot record has no title or description.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceDirect award
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Tender procurementMethodDetails is "Direct award".
Direct-award rationale
99% confidenceHMRC identified CoreFiling as the only supplier with the proven capability and technical expertise necessary to deliver the required modifications.
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This wording is recorded in procurementMethodRationale.
Rationale classification
98% confidenceSingle supplier: intellectual property or exclusive rights
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The tender records procurementMethodRationaleClassification "singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights".
Competition information
99% confidenceNo bid count, evaluation scores or pricing comparison was supplied.
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No such fields are present in the supplied notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
99% confidence1 October 2026 to 31 January 2027
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Contract 1 period records these start and end dates.
Duration
96% confidenceApproximately four months
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Calculated from the explicit contract period of 1 October 2026 to 31 January 2027.
Performance metrics
99% confidenceNo agreed KPIs; HMRC states they were not proportionate because of the short-term requirement.
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Contract 1 records the noAgreedMetricsRationale.
Above-threshold status
99% confidenceYes
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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is true.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
98% confidenceSingle-supplier, direct-award technology modification requirement
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The record shows one supplier and a direct award; HMRC's rationale refers to required modifications.
Supplier-selection context
98% confidenceHMRC's published rationale is capability- and expertise-based, with an exclusive-rights/single-supplier classification.
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Procurement method rationale and its classification provide this context.
Contract scale
98% confidence£705,000 excluding VAT for a term of approximately four months
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The net contract value and explicit contract dates are recorded in contract 1.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award and contract evidence
99% confidenceThe published data contains an active award, an active contract, an explicit signature date, explicit contract dates and net and gross values.
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Award 1 and contract 1 contain these fields.
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceSupplier identity is verified by company-number match to COREFILING LIMITED (03412339).
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Supplier verification reports status "verified" and match method "company_number".
Lot detail limitation
99% confidenceLot 1 is identified, but no lot title, description or separate lot value was supplied.
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The supplied lot record contains null title, description and value fields.
Competition and evaluation limitation
99% confidenceInformation on bid numbers, bidder identities, evaluation scoring and detailed price comparison was not supplied in the published notice.
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No such information is present in the supplied data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No lot title, lot description or individual lot-value breakdown was supplied.
- Information on bid numbers, competing suppliers, evaluation scores, pricing breakdowns and savings was not supplied in the published notice.
- No extension, option or renewal terms were supplied; the renewal timing is only an estimate based on the stated end date.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
HMRCCoreFiling LimitedXBRL Validations ModuleCorporation Taxdirect awardXBRL validationpublic procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the HMRC XBRL Validations Module contract?
COREFILING LIMITED, verified by company number 03412339, is the sole supplier named for award 1.
What is the contract value?
The contract value is £705,000 excluding VAT and £846,000 including VAT.
When does the contract run?
The contract was signed and started on 1 October 2026 and is scheduled to end on 31 January 2027.
Why was this a direct award?
HMRC states that CoreFiling was the only supplier with the proven capability and technical expertise necessary to deliver the required modifications.
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