AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Reading Borough Council published a contract notice for data management and modelling software for its Housing Repairs and Property Services team. The notice identifies COTALITY U.K. LIMITED as supplier and records a £23,676 contract signed on 5 October 2026. However, the associated lot is marked cancelled while the award and contract are marked active.
Published outcomeA direct award under the CHIC Healthy Homes framework is reported to COTALITY U.K. LIMITED for the single listed award.
Market significanceThis is a small, framework-based software and data-services procurement. The published value is £23,676 and no competitive tender response data or term dates are supplied.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
COTALITY U.K. LIMITED
98% confidenceAward 096191-2026-26-W-017-1 · Lots 1 · 23676 GBP · verified supplier; award and contract reported active
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Verified company number 05613233 is supplied for COTALITY U.K. LIMITED. The award names the supplier and the linked contract states a value of GBP 23,676.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published notice status
98% confidenceAward and contract notice published; source process status is complete
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The release is tagged "award, contract" and published on 2026-10-12; process status is "complete".
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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Award 096191-2026-26-W-017-1 is marked "active".
Contract status
98% confidenceActive; signed on 5 October 2026
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Contract 096191-2026-26-W-017-1 is marked "active" and has dateSigned 2026-10-05.
Lot status
98% confidenceCancelled
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Lot 1 is marked "cancelled" in the tender data.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published contract value
99% confidence£23,676
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The contract linked to award 096191-2026-26-W-017-1 states amount 23676, currency GBP.
Value allocation
92% confidenceAllocated to the single published contract/award; no separate lot value is supplied
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One award and one linked contract are published, while lot 1 has no value field.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence5 October 2026
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Contract dateSigned is 2026-10-05.
Notice published
99% confidence12 October 2026
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The award and contract notice published_at field is 2026-10-12T15:36:25+01:00.
Contract start and end
99% confidenceUnknown
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No contract_start_at or contract_end_at is supplied.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceData management and modelling software for the Housing Repairs and Property Services team
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Process description states this requirement.
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 72322000 — Data management services
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The tender classification identifies CPV 72322000.
Framework route
97% confidenceCHIC Healthy Homes framework, lot 3 Digitisation, workstream 1 Digital Analytics and Reporting Platforms
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Lot 1 description states that the direct award used this framework route.
Delivery coverage
90% confidenceUnited Kingdom
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The item delivery address specifies region UK.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceLimited procedure: award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
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The process procurement method is "limited" and procurementMethodDetails gives this description.
Award route rationale
98% confidenceDirect award via a compliant framework
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Tender procurementMethodRationale states "Direct award via a compliant framework".
Award criterion
94% confidencePrice
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Lot 1 awardCriteria contains a criterion of type "price".
Competition information
99% confidenceUnknown
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No bid, tenderer, score, ranking, or evaluation information is supplied in the published notice.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Options
98% confidenceNo options reported
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Lot 1 hasOptions is false.
Duration and extension terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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No start date, end date, duration, or extension provisions are supplied.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial route
98% confidenceFramework direct award rather than an openly advertised competition
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The notice states a direct award via the CHIC Healthy Homes framework and an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition.
Published value context
99% confidence£23,676 contract value
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The linked contract value is GBP 23,676.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Conflicting lot and contract statuses
99% confidenceLot 1 is cancelled, but its linked award and contract are both active
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Lot 1 status is "cancelled"; award and contract 096191-2026-26-W-017-1 are each "active".
Supplier name normalisation
99% confidenceThe source party name is "Cotality UK Limited", while the verified legal name is "COTALITY U.K. LIMITED"
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Supplier verification records nameMismatch true and a company-number match to verified company number 05613233.
Unpublished commercial details
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: contract dates, duration, lot value, pricing breakdown, bids, scores and evaluation detail
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These fields are absent or null in the supplied record.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The published record contains an unresolved status conflict: lot 1 is cancelled while the linked award and contract are active.
- The notice does not provide contract start or end dates, duration, extension terms, renewal terms, or a separate lot value.
- No bidder numbers, competing suppliers, evaluation scores, ranking, pricing breakdown, or award rationale beyond framework direct award are published.
- The source supplier name differs in styling from the verified legal name; the analysis uses the supplied verified legal identity, COTALITY U.K. LIMITED.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Reading Borough CouncilCOTALITY U.K. LIMITEDdata management softwareCHIC Healthy Homes frameworkdata management services£23,676 contract
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who was named as supplier?
COTALITY U.K. LIMITED, verified against company number 05613233.
What is the published contract value?
£23,676.
Was this openly competed?
The notice reports a direct award via the CHIC Healthy Homes framework, without prior publication of a call for competition.
Is the contract term known?
No. The notice does not supply contract start or end dates.
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