AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust awarded and signed a contract with NINEHUNDRED COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LIMITED for ATEX UHF radio equipment, chargers and a multi-unit charger for its Hazardous Area Response Team.
Published outcomeOne active award (award 1) and one active contract are reported. The contract was signed on 7 October 2026, starts on 28 October 2026 and ends on 27 September 2027.
Market significanceThis is a below-threshold, limited-competition goods procurement with a stated net contract value of £4,142.92 (£4,971.50 gross).
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
NINEHUNDRED COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £4,142.92 net; £4,971.50 gross (contract-level value) GBP · Verified legal supplier; active award and contract
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Award 1 identifies this supplier; contract 1 is linked to award 1. Verified company name supplied with company number 01741966, matched by exact name.
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 “Contract details notice on Find a Tender”.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 has status “active”.
Contract status
99% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 has status “active”.
Contract signed
99% confidence7 October 2026
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Contract 1 specifies dateSigned: 2026-10-07T00:00:00+01:00.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£4,142.92
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Contract 1 value.amount is 4142.92 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£4,971.50
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 4971.5 GBP.
Value allocation
93% confidenceContract-level value allocated to the sole reported supplier and award; no separate lot value published.
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One supplier is listed on award 1 and contract 1 is linked to award 1; lot 1 has no value.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence7 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-07.
Notice published
99% confidence9 October 2026
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Contract document datePublished and process published_at are 2026-10-09.
Contract start
99% confidence28 October 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-10-28.
Contract end
99% confidence27 September 2027
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2027-09-27T23:59:59+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceFive R7 ATEX UHF non-keypad radios with single chargers, plus one Motorola IMPRES six-way multi-unit charger, for the Hazardous Area Response Team.
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Process title and description.
Procurement category
99% confidenceGoods
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is “goods”.
Lot structure
98% confidenceOne reported lot (lot 1); no lot title or description published.
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Tender and award data identify lot 1; the lot record contains no title or description.
Classifications
99% confidenceCPV 32344200 Radio receivers; CPV 32344210 Radio equipment.
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Award item 1 additional classifications.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceLimited
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Tender procurementMethod is “limited”.
Procedure detail
99% confidenceBelow threshold - limited competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails.
Competition data
99% confidenceNumber of tenders, bidders and evaluation results are unknown.
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
99% confidence28 October 2026 to 27 September 2027
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Contract 1 period.
Extension or options
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
Above-threshold status
99% confidenceNo
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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is false.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
96% confidenceA single-supplier, single-award purchase for specialised radio and charging equipment.
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Award 1 names one supplier and covers lot 1; the description specifies radios and chargers.
Pricing transparency
99% confidenceOnly total net and gross contract values are published; unit prices and a product-level pricing breakdown are unknown.
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Contract total values are supplied, but no pricing schedule or item values are provided.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceVerified
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Supplier verification status is verified, using an exact-name match to company number 01741966.
Published contract evidence
99% confidenceThe notice explicitly supplies a signed date, active contract status and contract period.
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Contract 1 includes dateSigned, status and period fields.
Missing competition and evaluation information
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No tender count, bidder list beyond the winner, award criteria, scores or evaluation narrative is included.
Missing lot-level detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
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Lot 1 record has null title, description and value fields.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Information not supplied in the published notice: tender count, other bidders, evaluation criteria, scores and award rationale.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: lot 1 title, description, separate lot value and item-level pricing.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: extension, renewal or options provisions.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS TrustNINEHUNDRED COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LIMITEDATEX UHF radiosradio equipmentFind a TenderHazardous Area Response Team
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Yorkshire Ambulance Service radio equipment contract?
NINEHUNDRED COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LIMITED, verified as company number 01741966.
What is the contract value?
£4,142.92 excluding VAT and £4,971.50 including VAT.
When does the contract run?
It starts on 28 October 2026 and ends on 27 September 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.