AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Leeds City Council awarded and signed a below-threshold direct contract with WATERS GEOSPATIAL LTD for hosting and maintaining its Adult Learning course finder website, including daily course-data refreshes and online enrolment access.
Published outcomeOne active award and active contract are recorded for WATERS GEOSPATIAL LTD. The contract was signed on 9 October 2026 and runs from 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2027.
Market significanceThis is a small, single-supplier digital services contract worth £8,240 excluding VAT (£9,888 including VAT). The published procedure was direct and below threshold, without competition.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
WATERS GEOSPATIAL LTD
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £8,240 excluding VAT; £9,888 including VAT GBP · Verified supplier; active award and contract
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Award 1 names Waters Geospatial Ltd as supplier. Supplier verification records exact-name match to WATERS GEOSPATIAL LTD (company number 11254530). Contract 1 is linked to award 1 and gives the stated total values.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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Published notice document is described as “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 signature
99% confidenceSigned 9 October 2026
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Contract 1 states dateSigned: 2026-10-09.
Contract period
99% confidence1 November 2026 to 31 October 2027
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Contract 1 period states startDate 2026-11-01 and endDate 2027-10-31.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£8,240
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Contract 1 value.amount is 8240 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£9,888
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 9888 GBP.
Value allocation
96% confidenceThe published contract value relates to the sole contract linked to award 1 and lot 1.
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Contract 1 is linked to awardID 1; award 1 names one supplier and relates to lot 1.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract details notice published
99% confidence9 October 2026
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Notice publication timestamp: 2026-10-09T12:00:23+01:00.
Contract signed
99% confidence9 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned: 2026-10-09.
Contract start
99% confidence1 November 2026
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Contract 1 period startDate: 2026-11-01.
Contract end
99% confidence31 October 2027
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Contract 1 period endDate: 2027-10-31.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service
99% confidenceHosting and maintenance of the Leeds Adult Learning course finder website
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Tender title and contract title refer to Course Finder Hosting and Maintenance 2026-27; description refers to maintaining leedsadultlearning.co.uk.
Operational requirements
99% confidenceDaily refresh of course information from Council data files and access to the website and online enrolment form
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Published description lists daily course-information refreshes and learner access to the site and online enrolment form.
Procurement category
99% confidenceServices
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is services.
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 72413000 — World wide web (www) site design services
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Award item additional classification gives CPV 72413000 with this description.
Delivery location
95% confidenceUnited Kingdom
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Award item delivery address is region UK, country GB.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceDirect
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Tender procurementMethod is “direct”.
Procedure detail
99% confidenceBelow threshold — without competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails states “Below threshold - without competition”.
Above-threshold status
99% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is false.
Competition information
98% confidenceNo competition was conducted under the published procedure; bidder numbers and evaluation information were not supplied.
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Procedure detail states “without competition”; no bid count or evaluation fields are published.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
99% confidence12 months
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The stated period runs from 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2027.
VAT treatment
99% confidence£8,240 excluding VAT and £9,888 including VAT
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Contract value records amount 8240 and amountGross 9888 in GBP.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial model
94% confidenceA defined 12-month website hosting and maintenance engagement with a published total contract value.
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Published scope covers hosting, maintenance, daily data refreshes and enrolment access; contract period and values are stated.
Market route
99% confidenceThe Council used a below-threshold direct route without competition.
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Tender procurementMethodDetails states “Below threshold - without competition”.
Award structure
99% confidenceOne supplier is named for one award linked to one lot.
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Award 1 names one supplier and relatedLots lists lot 1.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity
99% confidenceVerified
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An exact-name verification matched source supplier name Waters Geospatial Ltd to WATERS GEOSPATIAL LTD, company number 11254530.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or separate value.
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Lot 1 is identified but its title, description and value fields are null.
Competition and evaluation detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No bid count, bidder list beyond the awardee, scoring or evaluation rationale is provided.
Contract options
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No extension, variation, renewal or option terms are stated.
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 count, bidder identities other than the awardee, evaluation methodology, scoring and award rationale.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: extension, renewal, variation or option terms.
- No pricing breakdown beyond the published contract total is provided.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Leeds City CouncilWATERS GEOSPATIAL LTDCourse Finder Hosting and Maintenance 2026-27Leeds Adult Learningwebsite hosting contractpublic procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Course Finder Hosting and Maintenance 2026-27 contract?
WATERS GEOSPATIAL LTD, verified as company number 11254530, is the sole supplier named on award 1.
What is the value of the Leeds City Council course finder contract?
The published value is £8,240 excluding VAT and £9,888 including VAT.
When does the contract run?
The contract is stated to run from 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2027 and was signed on 9 October 2026.
How was the contract procured?
The notice records a direct, below-threshold procedure without competition.
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