AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
UK Research and Innovation awarded CONNECTIX LIMITED a contract to supply fibre cables following a below-threshold limited competition. The contract was signed on 5 October 2026 and runs from 6 October to 31 December 2026.
Published outcomeOne active award and contract are recorded for lot 1, with CONNECTIX LIMITED as supplier.
Market significanceThis is a short-duration, below-threshold goods purchase for optical-fibre cables, valued at £21,090 excluding VAT (£25,308 including VAT).
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
CONNECTIX LIMITED
100% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £21,090 excluding VAT; £25,308 including VAT (contract-level value) GBP · Verified supplier; active award
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Award 1 names CONNECTIX LIMITED as supplier. Supplier identity is verified against Companies House number 02814569. Contract 1, linked to award 1, records values of GBP 21,090 net and GBP 25,308 gross.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
100% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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Process notice_type and contract document describe the publication as a Contract details notice.
Award status
100% confidenceActive
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Award 1 status is recorded as active.
Contract status
100% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 status is recorded as active.
Contract signature
100% confidenceSigned 5 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-05.
Contract period
100% confidence6 October 2026 to 31 December 2026
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-10-06 and endDate is 2026-12-31.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
100% confidence£21,090
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Contract 1 value.amount is 21090 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
100% confidence£25,308
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 25308 GBP.
Value allocation
95% confidenceContract-level value linked to award 1 and lot 1
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Contract 1 is linked to award 1; award 1 is linked to lot 1 and has one named supplier.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
100% confidence5 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-05.
Contract start
100% confidence6 October 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-10-06.
Notice published
100% confidence8 October 2026
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The contract details notice datePublished is 2026-10-08.
Contract end
100% confidence31 December 2026
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2026-12-31.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
100% confidenceSupply of fibre cables
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The process description states that UKRI required the supply of fibre cables.
Procurement category
100% confidenceGoods
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is goods.
Technical classification
100% confidenceCPV 32562100 — Optical-fibre cables for information transmission
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Award item 1 additional classification.
Lot coverage
100% confidenceLot 1
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Award 1 and its item are related to lot 1.
Delivery geography
95% confidenceUnited Kingdom
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Award item 1 delivery address is recorded at UK level.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
100% confidenceBelow-threshold limited competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails is recorded as 'Below threshold - limited competition'.
Competition information
100% confidenceThe notice confirms a limited competition exercise; participant and bid counts are not supplied.
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Process description states that the procurement followed a limited competition exercise. No participant or bid count is provided.
Call for competition
100% confidenceNot a call for competition
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The published description explicitly states that this is an award notice, not a call for competition.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract duration
95% confidenceApproximately 87 days
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The stated period runs from 6 October 2026 to 31 December 2026.
Above-threshold status
100% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is false; tender procedure details also state below threshold.
Extension or options
100% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial profile
95% confidenceA defined, short-term optical-fibre cable supply requirement with a recorded contract value below the applicable threshold.
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The scope is fibre cables; the contract runs from 6 October to 31 December 2026; contract value is GBP 21,090 excluding VAT and aboveThreshold is false.
Supplier opportunity signal
100% confidenceThe buyer used limited competition for this below-threshold requirement; the notice does not disclose supplier selection criteria or pricing detail.
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Procedure is below-threshold limited competition. No evaluation, scoring, pricing breakdown or selection rationale is supplied.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Published contract record
100% confidenceThe notice contains an active award, an active contract, a signed date, a stated contract period and net and gross contract values.
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Award 1 and contract 1 fields in the published notice.
Supplier identity quality
100% confidenceSupplier identity verified by Companies House company number 02814569.
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Supplier verification status is verified with match method company_number.
Lot detail
100% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or separate value.
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Lot 1 contains only its identifier and complete status; no title, description or value is supplied.
Competition and evaluation detail
100% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No bidder count, participant list, evaluation criteria, scores or award rationale is provided.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: bid and participant counts, evaluation criteria, scores, award rationale, pricing breakdown, extension options and renewal terms.
- The notice provides United Kingdom-wide delivery geography only; no more specific delivery location is stated.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
UK Research and InnovationUKRICONNECTIX LIMITEDfibre cable contractoptical-fibre cablesDDaT27518limited competitionpublic procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the UKRI DDaT27518 fibre cable contract?
CONNECTIX LIMITED, verified under company number 02814569, is the named supplier for award 1.
What is the value of the fibre cable contract?
The contract value is £21,090 excluding VAT and £25,308 including VAT.
When does the contract run?
It was signed on 5 October 2026 and runs from 6 October 2026 to 31 December 2026.
What procedure did UKRI use?
The notice records a below-threshold limited competition procurement exercise.
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.