UKRI awards Cohesive UK Group software subscription contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 8 Oct 2026, 08:10.

Opportunity overview

***** THIS IS A CONTRACT DETAILS NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This procurement is being concluded without competition due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required. UKRI had a requirement for the provision of a Software Subscription.

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.

Cohesive UK Group Ltd

Matched by exact name

Contract value: £15.3k
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 30 Sept 2026
Including VAT: £18.3k
Award ID: 1
Status: active
Identifier: GB-PPON PHYP-8422-VZCR
Location: LONDON, UKI31, EC2N 4BQ, 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: DDaT27515
Status: complete
Procurement Method: direct
Procurement Method Details: Below threshold - without competition

Legal basis

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

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Status: complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: UK Research and Innovation
Id: GB-PPON-PDQJ-7126-JDHG

Identifier

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PDQJ-7126-JDHG

Address

Street Address: Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Locality: Swindon
Postal Code: SN2 1FL
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKK14

Contact

Email: commercial@ukri.org

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: UK_CA_TYPE
Id: publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description: Public authority - central government

Organisation 2

Name: UK Shared Business Services Ltd
Id: GB-PPON-PMPN-7535-GNTG
Role Details: UK Shared Business Services

Identifier

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PMPN-7535-GNTG

Address

Street Address: Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Locality: Swindon
Postal Code: SN2 1FF
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKK14

Contact

Email: ddatprocurement@uksbs.co.uk

Roles

procuringEntity

processContactPoint

Organisation 3

Name: Cohesive UK Group Ltd
Id: GB-PPON-PHYP-8422-VZCR

Identifier

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PHYP-8422-VZCR

Address

Street Address: 43rd Floor 8 Bishopsgate
Locality: LONDON
Postal Code: EC2N 4BQ
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKI31

Contact

Email: EMEAPMO@cohesivegroup.com

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: large
Vcse: No

Award information

Award 1

Id: 1
Status: active
Main Procurement Category: goods

Items

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: CPV
Id: 48000000
Description: Software package and information systems

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UK
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-PPON-PHYP-8422-VZCR
Name: Cohesive UK Group Ltd

Related lots

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 1
Award ID: 1
Title: DDaT27515 - Software Subscription
Status: active
Above Threshold: No
Date Signed: 1 Oct 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts: 2 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends: 26 Feb 2027, 23:59

Value

Including VAT: 18,321.83
Amount: 15,268.19
Currency: GBP

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 094862-2026
Document Type: contractNotice
Notice Type: UK7
Description: Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Url: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094862-2026 ↗
Published: 7 Oct 2026, 15:23
Format: text/html

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Swindon · UKK14 · SN2 1FL · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

094862-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender · 7 Oct 2026, 15:23

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

UK Research and Innovation awarded Cohesive UK Group Ltd a software subscription contract following a below-threshold direct procurement without competition. The contract was signed on 1 October 2026 and runs from 2 October 2026 to 26 February 2027.

Published outcome signals

Notice typeContract details noticeEvidence: The source identifies the notice as “Contract details notice on Find a Tender” and states it is not a call for competition.
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award 1 has status “active”.
Contract statusActiveEvidence: Contract 1 has status “active”.

97% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 094862-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0782fe
First published: 7 Oct 2026
Last checked: 8 Oct 2026, 08:10
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 8 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One active award and contract are recorded for Cohesive UK Group Ltd, covering lot 1.

Market significance

The notice records a technical-reasons sole-supplier rationale. Its £15,268.19 net value indicates a small, short-term software subscription purchase.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

Cohesive UK Group Ltd

99% confidence

Award 1 · Lots 1 · £15,268.19 net; £18,321.83 gross GBP · Active award and contract

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Award 1 names Cohesive UK Group Ltd as its sole supplier. The linked contract (awardID 1) states the contract value.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice type

99% confidence

Contract details notice

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The source identifies the notice as “Contract details notice on Find a Tender” and states it is not a call for competition.

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

1 October 2026

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Contract 1 records dateSigned as 2026-10-01.

Contract period

99% confidence

2 October 2026 to 26 February 2027

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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-10-02 and endDate is 2027-02-26.

VALUES

Published values explained

Contract value excluding VAT

99% confidence

£15,268.19

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Contract 1 value.amount is 15268.19 GBP.

Contract value including VAT

99% confidence

£18,321.83

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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 18321.83 GBP.

Award-level value

98% confidence

Not separately stated

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The award record contains no value; the value is recorded only on linked contract 1.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Contract signed

99% confidence

1 October 2026

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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-01.

Contract start

99% confidence

2 October 2026

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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-10-02.

Notice published

99% confidence

7 October 2026

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The contract details notice datePublished/published_at is 2026-10-07.

Contract end

99% confidence

26 February 2027

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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2027-02-26.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

99% confidence

Software subscription

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The title is “DDaT27515 - Software Subscription” and the description states UKRI required a software subscription.

Procurement category

98% confidence

Goods

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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is “goods”.

Classification

99% confidence

CPV 48000000 — Software package and information systems

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Award item 1 lists this additional CPV classification.

Delivery location

97% confidence

United Kingdom

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Award item 1 lists delivery region UK, country GB.

Lot structure

99% confidence

One lot (lot 1)

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Tender and award data identify only lot 1.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procurement method

99% confidence

Direct

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Tender procurementMethod is “direct”.

Procedure detail

99% confidence

Below threshold — without competition

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Tender procurementMethodDetails states “Below threshold - without competition”.

Competition rationale

99% confidence

Absence of competition for technical reasons; the notice says only a particular supplier could supply the requirement

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The published description explicitly gives this rationale.

Call for competition

99% confidence

None; this was not a call for competition

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The notice description explicitly states this is a contract details notice, not a call for competition.

Bid and competitor information

99% confidence

Not stated

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No bid counts, tenderer identities, evaluation information or scores are supplied.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Contract period

99% confidence

2 October 2026 to 26 February 2027

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Contract 1 period records these dates.

Signed status

99% confidence

Signed on 1 October 2026

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Contract 1 explicitly records dateSigned.

VAT treatment

99% confidence

Both net and gross values recorded

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Contract 1 provides amount (£15,268.19) and amountGross (£18,321.83).

Renewal or extension terms

99% confidence

Not stated

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No renewal, extension or option information is supplied.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Award structure

99% confidence

A single supplier is linked to the single award and single lot

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Award 1 names one supplier and relates to lot 1; contract 1 is linked to award 1.

Route to market

99% confidence

Direct, non-competitive below-threshold purchase

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The procedure is recorded as direct and below threshold without competition.

Supplier opportunity signal

99% confidence

No competitive opportunity was indicated in this notice

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The notice says it is not a call for competition and records a technical-reasons absence of competition.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

97%overall confidence

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

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-0782fe
Analysed: 8 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

UK Research and Innovation

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Listed as the party with buyer role.

Buyer type

99% confidence

Central government public authority

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Buyer classification is “Public authority - central government”.

Procuring entity

99% confidence

UK Shared Business Services Ltd

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Listed with procuringEntity and processContactPoint roles.

Buyer location

98% confidence

Swindon, United Kingdom

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Buyer address lists Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1FL.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Supplier

99% confidence

Cohesive UK Group Ltd

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Named as supplier on award 1.

Supplier location

98% confidence

London, United Kingdom

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Supplier address lists London, EC2N 4BQ, United Kingdom.

Supplier classification

98% confidence

Large enterprise; not VCSE

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Supplier details state scale “large” and vcse false.

Company-number match

82% confidence

Matched company number 05535288

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Supplied supplier matching data records an exact-name match to company number 05535288; this is not stated in the notice itself.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

End-date milestone

84% confidence

Estimated renewal decision point around 26 February 2027

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This is an estimate derived solely from the explicit contract end date of 26 February 2027; no renewal option or future procurement is stated.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Value attribution

98% confidence

Clear at contract level

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One contract is linked to one award with one named supplier; contract-level net and gross values are stated.

Award date

99% confidence

Not stated

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The award record has no award date.

Lot title and description

99% confidence

Not stated

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Lot 1 has no title or description in the supplied lot data.

Subscription product detail

99% confidence

Not stated

View supporting evidence

The source describes only a software subscription and provides no product, licence, volume or service-level detail.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The notice provides no award decision date, bid counts, bidder list, evaluation information or pricing breakdown.
The software product, subscription quantities, licence terms and service requirements are not specified.
Lot 1 has no title, description or separately stated value.
No extension, renewal or option terms are provided; the renewal milestone is only an end-date-based estimate.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who won the DDaT27515 software subscription contract?

Cohesive UK Group Ltd is the sole supplier named for award 1.

What is the contract value?

The linked contract value is £15,268.19 excluding VAT and £18,321.83 including VAT.

Was this competitively tendered?

No. The notice records a below-threshold direct procurement without competition, citing technical reasons and an absence of competition.

When does the contract end?

The stated contract end date is 26 February 2027.

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.

DDaT27515 - Software Subscription

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

Cohesive UK Group Ltd

Classification

Lots

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Legal basis

Lots and requirements

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Classifications

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Award information

Items

Additional Classifications

Delivery locations

Suppliers

Related lots

Contracts and changes

Period

Value

Documents

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

Award intelligence at a glance

Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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