North Northamptonshire Council cleaning contract awarded to SOLO SERVICE GROUP LIMITED

Tender information last checkedLast checked 13 Oct 2026, 11:51.

Opportunity overview

Continued provision for cleaning of 29 properties which includes Adults services, Children's Trust properties, Family hubs, Libraries, Country Parks and William Knibb Centre. The contract commenced on 1 August 2026 and has a duration of 8 months. Due to delays in the contract drafting and execution process, the UK7 Contract Details Notice could not be published on the contract commencement date. The notice is therefore being published at the earliest available opportunity. In the interests of transparency, the written contract has now been signed by both the Council and the awarded supplier prior to publication of this notice. The Council acknowledges the delay in publication and is providing this explanation to maintain an open and transparent procurement record.

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.

SOLO SERVICE GROUP LIMITED

Matched by number

Published award value: £209.6k
Awarded: 28 Sept 2026
Award ID: 1
Status: active
Identifier: GB-COH 02626708
Location: Mallard Way Swansea Vale, UKL18, SA7 0AJ, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Contract details notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗

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-077c0a
Status: complete
Procurement Method: direct
Procurement Method Details: Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen: his direct award is to maintain critical service delivery whilst a compliant procurement process is concluded. The cleaning contract supports the safe operation of a diverse portfolio of public-facing and operational buildings, many of which provide essential services to vulnerable residents and the wider community. Failure to maintain these services could present significant health, safety, operational and reputational risks to the Council.

Legal basis

Id: 2023/54
Scheme: UKPGA
Uri: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ↗

Procedure reasons

Entry 1

Id: additionalRepeatExtensionPartialReplacement

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: North Northamptonshire Council
Id: GB-PPON-PQCM-5634-HGCN

Identifier

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PQCM-5634-HGCN

Address

Street Address: The Corby Cube, George Street
Locality: Corby
Postal Code: NN17 1QG
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKF25

Contact

Email: procurement@northnorthants.gov.uk

Roles

buyer

Details

Url: https://www.northnorthants.gov.uk/ ↗

Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: UK_CA_TYPE
Id: publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description: Public authority - sub-central government

Organisation 2

Name: SOLO SERVICE GROUP LIMITED
Id: GB-COH-02626708

Identifier

Scheme: GB-COH
Id: 02626708

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PMRJ-8488-NNTL

Address

Street Address: 1 Axis Court
Locality: Mallard Way Swansea Vale
Postal Code: SA7 0AJ
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKL18

Contact

Email: newbusiness@soloservicegroup.com

Roles

supplier

Details

Url: http://www.soloservicegroup.com ↗
Scale: large
Vcse: No
Public Service Mission Organization: No
Sheltered Workshop: No

Award information

Award 1

Id: 1
Status: active
Main Procurement Category: services

Items

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: CPV
Id: 90910000
Description: Cleaning services

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKF2
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-COH-02626708
Name: SOLO SERVICE GROUP LIMITED

Related lots

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 1
Award ID: 1
Status: active
Above Threshold: Yes
Date Signed: 17 Sept 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts: 17 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends: 31 Mar 2027, 23:59

Value

Including VAT: 251,481
Amount: 209,571
Currency: GBP

Agreed Metrics

Entry 1

Id: 1
Title: Cleaning Quality Compliance

Entry 2

Id: 2
Title: Service Delivery and Staffing

Entry 3

Id: 3
Title: Complaint Resolution

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 096408-2026
Document Type: contractNotice
Notice Type: UK7
Description: Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Url: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096408-2026 ↗
Published: 13 Oct 2026, 10:38
Format: text/html

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Corby · UKF25 · NN17 1QG · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS

091669-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender · 29 Sept 2026, 09:48
091676-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender · 29 Sept 2026, 09:59
096408-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender · 13 Oct 2026, 10:38

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

North Northamptonshire Council directly awarded a short-term cleaning services contract for 29 sites to SOLO SERVICE GROUP LIMITED. The published contract record states that it was signed on 17 September 2026 and runs to 31 March 2027.

Published outcome signals

Notice typeContract details notice (UK7)Evidence: The process identifies the notice as “Contract details notice on Find a Tender”; contract document 096408-2026 is a UK7 notice.
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award 1 has status “active”.
Contract statusActiveEvidence: Contract 1 has status “active”.

96% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 096408-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077c0a
First published: 29 Sept 2026
Last checked: 13 Oct 2026, 11:51
Notice versions reviewed: 3

View Find a Tender notice ↗

HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.

Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 13 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One active award and one active contract are recorded for SOLO SERVICE GROUP LIMITED. The contract value is £209,571 excluding VAT (£251,481 including VAT).

Market significance

This is a direct award for continuity of cleaning across a mixed public-service estate, including adult services, Children’s Trust properties, family hubs, libraries, country parks and the William Knibb Centre.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

SOLO SERVICE GROUP LIMITED

99% confidence

Award 1 · Lots 1 · £209,571 excluding VAT; £251,481 including VAT GBP · Active award and active contract

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Verified supplier identity is GB-COH 02626708. Award 1 names the supplier and is linked to contract 1, which records the stated values.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice type

99% confidence

Contract details notice (UK7)

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The process identifies the notice as “Contract details notice on Find a Tender”; contract document 096408-2026 is a UK7 notice.

Award status

98% confidence

Active

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Award 1 has status “active”.

Contract status

98% confidence

Active

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Contract 1 has status “active”.

Contract signature

99% confidence

Signed on 17 September 2026

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Contract 1 records dateSigned as 2026-09-17; the notice description also says the written contract was signed by both parties before publication.

VALUES

Published values explained

Contract value excluding VAT

99% confidence

£209,571

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Contract 1 value.amount is 209571 GBP.

Contract value including VAT

99% confidence

£251,481

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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 251481 GBP.

Value allocation

97% confidence

Single contract value; no separate lot-level value published

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The contract has one value and lot 1 has no value amount in the supplied data.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Contract signed

99% confidence

17 September 2026

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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-09-17.

Contract period in structured contract data

99% confidence

17 September 2026 to 31 March 2027

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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-09-17 and endDate is 2027-03-31.

Contract details notice published

99% confidence

13 October 2026

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Document 096408-2026 has datePublished 2026-10-13.

Earlier notices

98% confidence

Transparency and contract award notices published 29 September 2026

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Release history lists releases 091669-2026 and 091676-2026 on 2026-09-29.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Service

99% confidence

Cleaning services

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Award item classification is CPV 90910000, Cleaning services.

Estate covered

96% confidence

29 properties, including adult services, Children’s Trust properties, family hubs, libraries, country parks and the William Knibb Centre

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Stated in the procurement description.

Delivery area

94% confidence

East Midlands (UKF2)

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Award item delivery address is region UKF2.

Lot structure

98% confidence

One lot (lot 1)

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Tender and award data each identify lot 1 only.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procedure

99% confidence

Direct award

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The process procurementMethod and procurementMethodDetails state “direct” and “Direct award”.

Stated rationale

97% confidence

Continuity of critical service delivery while a compliant procurement process is concluded

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The published rationale cites health, safety, operational and reputational risks if cleaning services were not maintained.

Competition information

99% confidence

Not supplied in the published notice

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No bidder count, competing suppliers, evaluation scores or award-comparison information is included in the supplied data.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Contract period

99% confidence

17 September 2026 to 31 March 2027

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Structured contract period fields state these dates.

Performance measures

98% confidence

Cleaning Quality Compliance; Service Delivery and Staffing; Complaint Resolution

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Contract 1 lists these three agreed metrics.

Above-threshold flag

99% confidence

Yes

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Contract 1 records aboveThreshold as true.

Extension or renewal terms

99% confidence

Not supplied in the published notice

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No extension or renewal option is present in the supplied contract data.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Commercial purpose

96% confidence

Short-term service continuity arrangement

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The title describes short-term cleaning and the direct-award rationale says it is to maintain critical services while a compliant procurement process is concluded.

Published pricing view

99% confidence

Total contract value is published, but no unit rates, property-level pricing or lot-level pricing are supplied

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Only contract-level net and gross values are present in the supplied data.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

96%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-077c0a
Analysed: 13 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

North Northamptonshire Council

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Named as buyer in the process and party data.

Buyer type

99% confidence

Sub-central government public authority

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Buyer party classification is “Public authority - sub-central government”.

Buyer location

98% confidence

Corby, United Kingdom

View supporting evidence

Buyer address is The Corby Cube, George Street, Corby, NN17 1QG.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Legal supplier identity

99% confidence

SOLO SERVICE GROUP LIMITED (company number 02626708)

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Supplier identity was verified by company number against GB-COH 02626708.

Supplier classification

97% confidence

Large organisation; not a VCSE

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Supplier party details record scale “large” and vcse false.

Supplier contact location

98% confidence

Swansea Vale, United Kingdom

View supporting evidence

Supplier address is 1 Axis Court, Mallard Way, Swansea Vale, SA7 0AJ.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated contract-end milestone

99% confidence

31 March 2027

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The explicit contract end date is 2027-03-31. This is an end-date estimate only, not a procurement or renewal forecast.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Inconsistent commencement information

99% confidence

The narrative says the contract commenced on 1 August 2026 with an 8-month duration, while structured contract data says it was signed and started on 17 September 2026 and ends on 31 March 2027.

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Procurement description versus contract 1 dateSigned and period fields.

Publication timing

97% confidence

The notice says publication was delayed because drafting and execution were delayed; the contract details notice was published after the recorded signature date.

View supporting evidence

Description says the UK7 could not be published on the stated commencement date; contract dateSigned is 17 September 2026 and UK7 publication date is 13 October 2026.

Supplier identity quality

99% confidence

Supplier identity is verified

View supporting evidence

Verified company name and number are SOLO SERVICE GROUP LIMITED and 02626708, matched by company number.

Unpublished procurement detail

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice includes bid information, evaluation detail, lot title, lot value, pricing breakdown and extension terms.

View supporting evidence

These fields are absent or null in the supplied data.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The narrative commencement date of 1 August 2026 and stated 8-month duration conflict with the structured contract start date of 17 September 2026 and end date of 31 March 2027; neither version is selected as definitive beyond reporting the structured contract fields separately.
No bidder count, evaluation scoring, bid prices, award comparison, incumbent information or savings information is supplied.
Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
No extension, renewal or pricing-breakdown terms are supplied.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who won the North Northamptonshire cleaning contract?

SOLO SERVICE GROUP LIMITED, verified as company number 02626708.

What is the published contract value?

£209,571 excluding VAT and £251,481 including VAT.

When does the structured contract record end?

31 March 2027. The published narrative contains conflicting commencement and duration information.

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.

Contract for the provision of short term cleaning for North Northamptonshire sites.

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

SOLO SERVICE GROUP LIMITED

Classification

Lots

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Legal basis

Procedure reasons

Lots and requirements

Published documents

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Classifications

Identifier

Additional Identifiers

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Award information

Items

Additional Classifications

Delivery locations

Suppliers

Related lots

Contracts and changes

Period

Value

Agreed Metrics

Documents

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

Award intelligence at a glance

Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

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