AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Aster Group Limited has concluded a direct, below-threshold contract with Data Protection People Limited for additional capacity to process Subject Access Requests. The service combines AI/OCR-enabled deduplication and redaction for 100GB of material with 540 hours of human review; Aster retains customer engagement, decisions and disclosures.
Published outcomeContract 1 is active, was signed on 7 July 2026, and runs from 7 July 2026 to 6 July 2027.
Market significanceThis is a £38,544 net (£46,252.80 gross) SME supplier contract for information-governance and data-processing capacity, awarded without competition.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
DATA PROTECTION PEOPLE LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £38,544 net; £46,252.80 gross GBP · Active contract
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Award 1 names DATA PROTECTION PEOPLE LIMITED as its sole supplier; Contract 1 is linked to Award 1 and states these contract values.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published notice type
99% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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The source identifies the notice as “Contract details notice on Find a Tender” and release tags include award and contract.
Procurement status
99% confidenceComplete
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Tender status is “complete”.
Contract status
99% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 status is “active”.
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned on 7 July 2026
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Contract 1 gives dateSigned as 2026-07-07.
Contract period
99% confidence7 July 2026 to 6 July 2027
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-07-07 and endDate is 2027-07-06.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value, excluding VAT
99% confidence£38,544
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Contract 1 value.amount is 38544 GBP.
Contract value, including VAT
99% confidence£46,252.80
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 46252.8 GBP.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence7 July 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-07-07.
Contract start
99% confidence7 July 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-07-07.
Contract end
99% confidence6 July 2027
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2027-07-06.
Notice published
99% confidence7 October 2026
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The contract-details notice was published at 2026-10-07T18:02:04+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service
98% confidencePartial outsourcing of Subject Access Request processing and information-governance capacity
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The tender description states that the requirement is partial outsourcing of SAR processing to provide additional Information Governance capacity.
Processing capacity
99% confidenceAI/OCR-enabled deduplication and redaction for 100GB; structured human review for 540 hours
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These quantities are specified in the tender description.
Retained buyer responsibilities
99% confidenceCustomer engagement, decision-making and disclosure remain with Aster
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The tender description states that Aster keeps these functions.
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 72300000 — Data services
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Award item 1 lists CPV 72300000, described as Data services.
Delivery coverage
97% confidenceUK regions: North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East and South West
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Award item 1 lists delivery regions UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ and UKK.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceDirect
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Tender procurementMethod is “direct”.
Competition approach
99% confidenceBelow threshold — without competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails states “Below threshold - without competition”.
Threshold status
99% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is false.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract term
99% confidenceOne year, from 7 July 2026 to 6 July 2027
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Contract 1 period runs between these dates.
Value basis
99% confidence£38,544 excluding VAT; £46,252.80 including VAT
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Contract 1 reports amount and amountGross in GBP.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
99% confidenceCapacity-based service
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The tender description explicitly calls this a capacity-based service.
Future market engagement signal
98% confidenceBuyer is considering a future competitive procurement
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The tender description says Aster is gathering benchmarking data and considers a future competitive procurement.
Operational boundary
98% confidenceSupplier supports processing and review; buyer retains customer-facing and disclosure decisions
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The description assigns AI/OCR processing and human review to the service while stating Aster retains customer engagement, decision-making and disclosure.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award date
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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Award 1 has no award date.
Lot title and individual lot value
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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Lot 1 has no title, description or value; the contract value is stated only at contract level.
Competition metrics
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No tenderer count, bid values, evaluation scores or award rationale are provided.
Renewal or extension terms
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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Contract 1 gives an end date but no option, extension or renewal terms.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The published notice does not provide an award date.
- The published notice does not provide a lot title, lot description or individual lot value.
- The published notice does not provide tenderer numbers, bid prices, scoring or evaluation rationale.
- The published notice does not state extension or renewal options.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Aster Group LimitedData Protection People LimitedSubject Access Request processingSAR outsourcinginformation governancedata servicesFind a Tender
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won Aster Group's SAR processing contract?
Data Protection People Limited was named as the sole supplier for Award 1.
What is the contract value?
The contract value is £38,544 excluding VAT and £46,252.80 including VAT.
When does the contract run?
The stated contract period is 7 July 2026 to 6 July 2027.
Was the contract competitively tendered?
The notice describes the procurement as direct and below threshold without competition.
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