AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Westminster City Council published a contract award for implementation of its Planning, Building Control and Licensing back-office application system, including two weeks of hypercare and up to 30 days of development. The contract record names Arcus Global Limited and records a £544,000 contract signed on 7 October 2026.
Published outcomeArcus Global Limited is named as supplier for award 094830-2026-1. However, the related lot is marked cancelled while the award and contract are marked active.
Market significanceA £544,000 UK local-authority systems-implementation call-off, awarded through the G-Cloud 14 framework.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
Arcus Global Limited
95% confidenceAward 094830-2026-1 · Lots 1 · 544000 GBP · Named supplier on active award and contract record
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Award 094830-2026-1 names Arcus Global Limited; its linked contract records a total value of GBP 544,000.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published notice status
95% confidenceAward and contract notice; source process complete
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Process display status is "awarded", source status is "complete", and release tags are "award" and "contract".
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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Award 094830-2026-1 has status "active".
Contract status
98% confidenceActive; signed date recorded
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Contract 094830-2026-1 has status "active" and dateSigned "2026-10-07T00:00:00+01:00".
Related lot status
98% confidenceCancelled
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Lot 1 has status "cancelled".
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value
99% confidence£544,000
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Contract 094830-2026-1 value is amount 544000, currency GBP.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence7 October 2026
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Contract dateSigned is "2026-10-07T00:00:00+01:00".
Notice published
99% confidence7 October 2026
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Process published_at is "2026-10-07T14:48:48+01:00".
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceImplementation services for Planning, Building Control and Licensing back-office applications (Arcus Solution), with two weeks of hypercare and up to 30 days of development.
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Process and lot descriptions state this scope.
Primary classification
98% confidenceCPV 72224100 — System implementation planning services
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Tender classification is CPV 72224100.
Delivery geography
90% confidenceUnited Kingdom
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Item 1 delivery address region is "UK".
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceLimited procedure — award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
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Tender procurementMethod is "limited" and procurementMethodDetails states this procedure.
Route to market
97% confidenceCall-off from G-Cloud 14 framework
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Procurement method rationale states: "Compliant Call-off from GCA G Cloud 14 Framework."
Award criterion
90% confidencePrice
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Lot 1 award criteria lists a criterion of type "price".
Competition information
98% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice.
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No bid, tenderer, score or ranking data is present.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned on 7 October 2026
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The contract record explicitly provides dateSigned.
Options
95% confidenceNo options indicated
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Lot 1 hasOptions is false.
Start and end dates
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice.
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Process contract_start_at and contract_end_at are null; the contract record provides no start or end date.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
94% confidenceSingle-supplier call-off with a published total contract value of £544,000.
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One active award names Arcus Global Limited, and its associated contract value is GBP 544,000.
Scope boundary
98% confidenceThe stated scope includes implementation, two weeks of hypercare and up to 30 days of development.
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The published description states these elements.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Lifecycle inconsistency
99% confidenceThe related lot is marked cancelled, whereas the linked award and contract are both marked active and the contract has a signed date.
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Lot 1 status is "cancelled"; award and contract status are "active"; contract dateSigned is 2026-10-07.
Missing operational dates
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No contract start date or end date is provided.
Missing competition detail
98% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No bid count, bidder list, evaluation score or award rationale is provided.
Missing lot value
98% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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Lot 1 has no published value; the £544,000 amount appears on the linked contract record.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No contract start or end date is published.
- No bid count, bidder list, evaluation scores or award rationale is published.
- No individual lot value or pricing breakdown is published.
- No extension or renewal terms are published.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Westminster City CouncilArcus Global LimitedG-Cloud 14system implementationplanning back officebuilding controllicensing
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who is named as supplier?
Arcus Global Limited is named as supplier for award 094830-2026-1.
What is the published contract value?
The linked contract record states a value of £544,000.
Was the contract signed?
Yes. The contract record explicitly states a signed date of 7 October 2026.
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