AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Durham County Council published a transparency notice for a direct award to YUNEX LIMITED to supply traffic-signal components for repair and maintenance. The award is pending, so the supplied data does not confirm a signed or active contract.
Published outcomeOne pending award names YUNEX LIMITED, with a gross award value of £487,184.
Market significanceThis is an above-threshold direct goods award justified by the buyer as a single-supplier situation for technical reasons.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
YUNEX LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · 487184 GBP · Pending award
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Award 1 names YUNEX LIMITED as supplier and records a gross value of GBP 487,184; the award status is pending.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice published
99% confidence8 October 2026
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The award notice document was published at 2026-10-08T09:58:26+01:00.
Award status
99% confidencePending
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Award 1 is recorded with status "pending".
Future signature date
98% confidence8 October 2026
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Award milestone type "futureSignatureDate" is scheduled for 2026-10-08T23:59:59+01:00.
Contract period stated
98% confidence9 October 2026 to 1 June 2030
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Award 1 specifies startDate 2026-10-09 and endDate 2030-06-01.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
99% confidence£487,184 gross
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Award 1 value is recorded as amountGross 487184, currency GBP.
Lot-level value
99% confidenceNot published
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Lot 1 has no value amount or currency in the supplied data.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Notice publication
99% confidence8 October 2026
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Transparency notice publication timestamp: 2026-10-08T09:58:26+01:00.
Scheduled signature milestone
98% confidence8 October 2026
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A futureSignatureDate milestone is scheduled for 2026-10-08T23:59:59+01:00.
Stated period start
98% confidence9 October 2026
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Award 1 contractPeriod startDate is 2026-10-09T00:00:00+01:00.
Stated period end
98% confidence1 June 2030
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Award 1 contractPeriod endDate is 2030-06-01T23:59:59+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceTraffic signal components for repair and maintenance of traffic-signal equipment
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The process description states this requirement.
Procurement category
99% confidenceGoods
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Award 1 lists mainProcurementCategory as goods.
Classification
97% confidenceCPV 34000000 — Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
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Award item 1 includes this CPV classification.
Delivery area
98% confidenceUKC, United Kingdom
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Award item 1 specifies a delivery address region of UKC.
Lot
99% confidenceLot 1; title and description not published
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Award 1 relates to lot 1; the supplied lot record has no title or description.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceDirect award
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The tender records procurementMethod as direct and procurementMethodDetails as Direct award.
Buyer-stated rationale
98% confidenceSingle supplier situation due to technical reasons, to support continued maintenance, repair and operational integrity
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The tender's procurementMethodRationale contains this wording.
Rationale classifications
97% confidenceSingle-supplier technical reasons; additional/repeat/extension/partial replacement
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The tender lists classifications "singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons" and "additionalRepeatExtensionPartialReplacement".
Competition information
99% confidenceNot published
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The supplied notice data contains no bidder count, tender submissions, evaluation scores or ranking.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Stated contract period
98% confidence9 October 2026 to 1 June 2030
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Award 1 contractPeriod specifies those dates.
Signature status
99% confidenceNot confirmed
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The award is pending and its signature date is a scheduled futureSignatureDate milestone; no signed-contract record is supplied.
Extensions or options
99% confidenceNot published
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No extension or option terms are included in the supplied data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Route-to-market observation
99% confidenceThe buyer used a direct award rather than a competed procedure.
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The procurement method is recorded as direct, with method details "Direct award".
Technical continuity context
98% confidenceThe buyer cites technical single-supplier reasons and continuity of maintenance and repair.
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The published procurement rationale states these reasons.
Award status implication
99% confidenceSuppliers should not treat this notice as confirmation of an executed contract.
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The award status remains pending and only a scheduled signature milestone is supplied.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award versus contract status
99% confidenceThe notice is a transparency notice, but the sole award remains pending; execution and commencement are not confirmed.
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The process display status is awarded, while Award 1 has status "pending" and a scheduled future signature date.
Missing competition and evaluation data
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No bid count, bidder list beyond the named supplier, scores, ranking or evaluation detail is present.
Missing lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
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The supplied lot record contains null title, description, value amount and currency.
Unpublished conflict-of-interest document
99% confidenceA conflict-of-interest document is marked "Not published".
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The tender documents include conflictOfInterest with description "Not published".
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The pending award status and scheduled signature milestone do not confirm that a contract was signed, started or remains active.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: bid count, competing suppliers, evaluation methodology, scores, pricing breakdown and savings.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
- No extension, option or renewal terms are published.
- The conflict-of-interest document is identified as not published.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Durham County CouncilYUNEX LIMITEDtraffic signal componentsdirect awardtransparency noticepublic procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who was named for the traffic signal components award?
YUNEX LIMITED is named as the supplier for Award 1.
What is the published award value?
The award records a gross value of £487,184.
Is the contract confirmed as signed?
No. The supplied award record is pending and shows only a scheduled signature milestone.
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