AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust awarded a direct, below-threshold works contract to Whole Construction Services Limited to complete 120sqm of waterproofing for plant room D. The supplied contract record states it was signed on 28 July 2026 and ran from 1 to 5 October 2026.
Published outcomeOne active award and contract are recorded for Whole Construction Services Limited, covering lot 1.
Market significanceThis is a small, short-duration hospital estate-maintenance works contract procured without competition below the relevant threshold.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
WHOLE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £14,453 net; £17,343.60 gross GBP · Active award and contract
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Award 1 names the supplier; its linked contract gives amount £14,453, amountGross £17,343.60, and currency GBP.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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Process notice_type and contract document description both state this.
Procurement status
98% confidenceComplete
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Tender status is 'complete'; process source_status is 'complete'.
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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Award 1 status is 'active'.
Contract status
98% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 status is 'active'.
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned 28 July 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-07-28.
Contract delivery period
99% confidence1 October 2026 to 5 October 2026
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Contract 1 period startDate and endDate.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£14,453
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Contract 1 value.amount is 14453 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£17,343.60
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 17343.6 GBP.
Threshold status
99% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is false; procurement method details also state below threshold.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence28 July 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-07-28.
Contract start
99% confidence1 October 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-10-01.
Contract end
99% confidence5 October 2026
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2026-10-05.
Contract details notice published
99% confidence7 October 2026
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Notice document datePublished and process published_at are 2026-10-07.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceComplete 120sqm of waterproofing for plant room D at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital
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Process and tender title/description.
Procurement category
99% confidenceWorks
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is 'works'.
Classification
98% confidenceCPV 45210000 — Building construction work
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Award item additional classification.
Lot structure
99% confidenceOne lot (lot 1)
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Tender has lot 1 only; award 1 and contract 1 link to it.
Delivery geography
86% confidenceUnited Kingdom (specific site address not stated in the delivery address field)
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Award item deliveryAddresses gives region UK; requirement identifies Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceDirect
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Tender procurementMethod is 'direct'.
Method detail
99% confidenceBelow threshold — without competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails.
Competition information
98% confidenceNo competition was used; number of suppliers approached or bids received is not stated
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Method detail explicitly says without competition; no bid-count field is supplied.
Legal basis
98% confidenceProcurement Act 2023 (UKPGA 2023/54)
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Tender legalBasis id is 2023/54 with UKPGA scheme.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract period
99% confidence1 October 2026 to 5 October 2026
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Contract 1 period.
Duration
98% confidence5 calendar days inclusive
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Calculated from the explicit start and end dates.
Signed date
99% confidence28 July 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned.
Modification information
80% confidenceNo modification is identified in the supplied data
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Only one contract record is supplied and no modification record is present.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Award structure
99% confidenceA single supplier received the sole recorded award for the sole recorded lot.
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One award, one supplier, and one lot are present.
Commercial scale
99% confidenceThe net contract value is £14,453 for a five-day delivery period.
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Contract value and period fields.
Route to market
99% confidenceThe buyer used a direct below-threshold route without competition.
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Tender procurement method and method detail.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award date
99% confidenceUnknown
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Award 1 award_date is null and no award date is provided in the embedded award record.
Lot-level value
99% confidenceNot stated
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Lot 1 value fields are null; the value is recorded only at contract level.
Top-level value fields
98% confidenceNot populated
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Process value_min, value_max, currency and value_basis are null, although contract-level GBP values are present.
Delivery location precision
87% confidenceLimited
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The contract item gives delivery region UK, while the requirement names Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital but does not provide a site delivery address.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The notice was published after the stated contract end date (7 October 2026 publication versus 5 October 2026 end date). This may be valid reporting timing, but should be reviewed if chronology is material.
- Award date is absent, so the timing of the award decision cannot be established from the supplied data.
- The award has no value, while the linked contract has value; analysis treats the stated amount as a contract-level value rather than an award-level value.
- Lot-level title, description and value are not populated; scope is drawn from the overall procurement title and description.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Liverpool Heart and Chest HospitalWhole Construction Services Limitedwaterproofingplant room DNHS works contractdirect awardbelow threshold procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the contract?
Whole Construction Services Limited won the sole recorded award for lot 1.
What was the contract value?
The contract record gives a net value of £14,453 and a gross value of £17,343.60.
Was the contract competed?
No. The notice describes a direct, below-threshold procurement without competition.
When did the contract run?
The supplied contract record gives a period from 1 October 2026 to 5 October 2026.
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