AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
The Ministry of Justice awarded Amob Machinery Limited a call-off for an auto-feed bandsaw for HMP Featherstone and HMP Warren Hill prison workshops. The published contract record is active and explicitly records signature on 12 October 2026.
Published outcomeOne active award (award ID 1) covers lot 1. The contract value is £50,000 excluding VAT (£60,000 gross).
Market significanceThis is a below-threshold, framework call-off for industrial machinery, including supply, installation, commissioning and servicing.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
Amob Machinery Limited
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · 50000 GBP · Active award; active signed contract
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Award 1 names Amob Machinery Limited as supplier for lot 1. Contract 1, linked to award 1, records £50,000 excluding VAT and is active.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
98% confidenceContract details notice published; procurement marked complete
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Process display status is 'awarded', source status is 'complete', and the notice is described as a 'Contract details notice on Find a Tender'.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 has status 'active'.
Contract status
99% confidenceActive and signed
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Contract 1 has status 'active' and dateSigned is 2026-10-12.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£50,000
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Contract 1 value.amount is 50000 GBP; the award record also states 50000 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£60,000
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 60000 GBP.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award decision date
98% confidence9 October 2026
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Award 1 award_date is 2026-10-09.
Contract signed
99% confidence12 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-12.
Contract start
99% confidence12 October 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-10-12.
Contract end
99% confidence31 March 2027
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2027-03-31.
Contract details notice published
99% confidence12 October 2026
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Document 095997-2026 datePublished is 2026-10-12.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceSupply, installation, commissioning and servicing of engineering machinery for prison workshops in England and Wales
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Published procurement description.
Call-off title
98% confidenceAuto-feed bandsaw for HMP Featherstone and HMP Warren Hill
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Published process title.
Procurement category
99% confidenceGoods; industrial machinery
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is goods and its item has CPV 42000000, Industrial machinery.
Lot coverage
99% confidenceLot 1
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Award 1 and contract 1 are linked to lot 1.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceSelective; below-threshold award under framework
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Tender procurementMethod is 'selective' and procurementMethodDetails is 'Below threshold - award under framework'.
Framework reference
97% confidenceocds-h6vhtk-056284, related lot 3
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The relatedProcesses entry identifies the framework OCID and related framework lot 3.
Competition information
95% confidenceCompetitive flag recorded, but bidder count and evaluation results are not published in the supplied data
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Tender competitive is true; no bid count, scoring or evaluation information is supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
99% confidence12 October 2026 to 31 March 2027
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Contract 1 period start and end dates.
VAT treatment
99% confidence£50,000 excluding VAT; £60,000 including VAT
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Contract 1 provides amount of 50000 and amountGross of 60000 GBP.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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No extension or renewal terms are supplied in the published record.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Call-off structure
99% confidenceThe requirement was awarded through a below-threshold framework call-off rather than a standalone open procedure.
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Procurement method details state 'Below threshold - award under framework'.
Service scope
98% confidenceThe published scope combines equipment supply with installation, commissioning and servicing.
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Published procurement description.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity verification
99% confidenceThe published supplier name is used as supplied; no separately verified legal company name or company number was provided.
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Supplier verification status is 'not_applicable' and verified_company_name and verified_company_number are null.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or separate value.
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Lot 1 title, description and value fields are null.
Competition and evaluation detail
98% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No bidder count, tender prices, award criteria, scores or evaluation narrative is included in the supplied data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The published supplier name has not been independently verified against a company register in the supplied data.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
- Information on bid numbers, evaluation, pricing breakdowns and award rationale was not supplied.
- No published extension or renewal terms were supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Ministry of JusticeAmob Machinery LimitedHMP FeatherstoneHMP Warren Hillauto-feed bandsawindustrial machineryframework call-off
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Ministry of Justice auto-feed bandsaw call-off?
Amob Machinery Limited was named as supplier for award 1 and lot 1.
What is the contract value?
The published contract value is £50,000 excluding VAT and £60,000 including VAT.
When does the contract end?
The published contract period ends on 31 March 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.