AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Humberside published a contract award for a Medical Streamlined Forensic Reporting service supporting violent-crime investigations. Contract data records a £250,000 GBP contract signed on 7 October 2026 with STREAMLINED FORENSIC REPORTING LIMITED. However, the only listed lot is marked cancelled, so the notice contains an unresolved status conflict.
Published outcomeSTREAMLINED FORENSIC REPORTING LIMITED is the sole named supplier on active award 095489-2026-3261-2026-1. The associated contract record is active and includes an explicit signed date.
Market significanceThe buyer reports a direct award through the G-Cloud 14 framework after pre-market engagement, citing an underestimated value on the current contract. No competitive bid information is published.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
STREAMLINED FORENSIC REPORTING LIMITED
96% confidenceAward 095489-2026-3261-2026-1 · Lots 1 · 250000 GBP · Named sole supplier on active award; associated contract marked active and signed
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The award names GB-COH-11401401 as its only supplier. The linked contract records £250,000 GBP and a signed date of 7 October 2026.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
95% confidenceAwarded / complete
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Process display_status is "awarded" and source_status is "complete"; notice tags are award and contract.
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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Award 095489-2026-3261-2026-1 has status "active".
Contract status
99% confidenceActive; signed 7 October 2026
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Associated contract has status "active" and dateSigned "2026-10-07T00:00:00+01:00".
Lot status
99% confidenceCancelled
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Lot 1, which is linked to the award, has status "cancelled".
VALUES
Published values explained
Associated contract value
99% confidence£250,000 GBP
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Contract 095489-2026-3261-2026-1 has value amount 250000 and currency GBP.
Value allocation
90% confidenceContract-level value linked to the sole-supplier award
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The £250,000 value is recorded on the contract linked to award 095489-2026-3261-2026-1; no separate lot value is published.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence7 October 2026
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Contract dateSigned is 2026-10-07T00:00:00+01:00.
Award and contract notice published
99% confidence9 October 2026
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Process published_at and release date are 2026-10-09T09:55:35+01:00.
Contract commencement
100% confidenceUnknown
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No contract start date is supplied.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service
96% confidenceMedical Streamlined Forensic Reporting service
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The notice description describes a service to obtain medical statements from healthcare professionals for Humberside Police case evidence.
Operational purpose
98% confidenceSupport investigation and prosecution of violent crimes
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Stated in the procurement and lot descriptions.
Delivery area
85% confidenceUnited Kingdom
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The listed delivery address region is UK.
Published classification
99% confidenceCPV 72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
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The tender classification records CPV 72000000 as primary.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceLimited procedure: award without prior publication of a call for competition
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Process procurement_method is "limited" and procurement_method_details states this procedure.
Award route rationale
94% confidenceDirect award from G-Cloud 14 following pre-market engagement
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The published rationale says SFR could deliver the service and the buyer made a direct award off the G-Cloud 14 framework.
Published legal rationale
94% confidenceProcurement stated to fall outside the directive's scope
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Rationale classification is TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL / D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE.
Competition data
100% confidenceUnknown
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No bidder count, tender submissions, evaluation results or scores are supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Extensions
96% confidenceTwo optional 12-month extensions stated
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Lot 1 options description says "2 x 12 month extensions".
Contract start and end
100% confidenceUnknown
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No contract_start_at or contract_end_at is supplied.
Pricing breakdown
100% confidenceNot published
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Only the total contract value is supplied.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Route-to-market observation
96% confidenceThe reported route was a direct G-Cloud 14 award rather than an advertised call for competition.
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Published procurement method and rationale.
Scope-to-classification observation
90% confidenceThe medical-reporting description differs from the published primary IT-services CPV classification; the notice does not explain the classification choice.
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Service description concerns medical evidence, while the primary CPV is 72000000 IT services.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Material status conflict
99% confidenceThe sole lot is marked cancelled while the linked award and contract are marked active and the contract has a signed date. The published data does not resolve this conflict.
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Lot 1 status is cancelled; award and contract statuses are active; contract dateSigned is 7 October 2026.
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceSupplier identity is verified against company number 11401401.
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supplier_identity_status is verified; matched and verified company number/name are supplied.
Information not supplied in the published notice
99% confidenceNo contract start or end date, individual lot value, bid count, evaluation detail, award date, pricing breakdown or lot title is supplied.
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Relevant source fields are null or absent.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The source contains an unresolved lifecycle contradiction: the linked lot is cancelled, but the award and signed contract are active.
- No contract commencement or end date is published, so service operation and renewal timing cannot be determined.
- No bidder count, competing suppliers, evaluation scores, award decision date or pricing breakdown is published.
- No individual lot value is published; the £250,000 figure is recorded only at associated-contract level.
- The published primary CPV is IT services, while the description concerns medical forensic reporting; no explanation is supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Humberside Police medical evidence contractSTREAMLINED FORENSIC REPORTING LIMITEDMedical Streamlined Forensic ReportingG-Cloud 14 direct awardforensic reporting procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who was named as supplier?
STREAMLINED FORENSIC REPORTING LIMITED, verified under company number 11401401.
What is the published contract value?
The associated contract record gives a value of £250,000 GBP.
Was the contract signed?
Yes. The contract data explicitly records a signed date of 7 October 2026.
Is the service confirmed as operational?
Unknown. No start date is published, and the source has a conflict because the linked lot is marked cancelled while the award and contract are active.
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