AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council awarded a 12-month Cloudflare Platform Bundle licence to PHOENIX SOFTWARE LIMITED following a further competition under its IT Software framework. The contract record states that it was signed on 9 October 2026 and will run from 15 January 2027 to 14 January 2028.
Published outcomeAward 1 is active, with PHOENIX SOFTWARE LIMITED named as supplier for LOT-0000.
Market significanceThis is a below-threshold software licensing purchase with a stated gross contract value of £36,838.00. The notice provides no individual pricing breakdown or competition results.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
PHOENIX SOFTWARE LIMITED
96% confidenceAward 1 · Lots LOT-0000 · Shared contract value: £36,838.00 gross (£30,698.02 excluding VAT) GBP · Verified supplier; active award and contract
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Verified company name supplied for award 1; award names Phoenix Software Limited; contract 1 has value amountGross 36838 and amount 30698.02 GBP. The notice has one supplier and one related lot, but does not expressly state a supplier-level allocation.
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.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 status is "active".
Contract status
99% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 status is "active".
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned 9 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-09.
Contract period
99% confidence15 January 2027 to 14 January 2028
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Contract 1 period startDate and endDate.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£30,698.02
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Contract 1 value amount is 30698.02 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£36,838.00
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Contract 1 value amountGross is 36838 GBP.
Value basis
97% confidenceContract-level value; no lot-level or pricing breakdown published
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Value is supplied only in contract 1; the lot has no value_amount.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence9 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-09.
Notice published
99% confidence12 October 2026
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Process published_at and contract document datePublished are 2026-10-12.
Contract start
99% confidence15 January 2027
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2027-01-15.
Contract end
99% confidence14 January 2028
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Contract 1 period endDate is 2028-01-14.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceCloudflare Platform Bundle licence for 12 months
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Process title and description: "Cloudflare - Platform Bundle - 12 Months - Licence".
Lot
99% confidenceLOT-0000
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Award 1 relatedLots and item relatedLot both identify LOT-0000.
Category
99% confidenceServices; CPV 72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is services and its item has the stated CPV classification.
Delivery area
98% confidenceUKE41, United Kingdom
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Award item deliveryAddresses identifies region UKE41.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement route
99% confidenceSelective; below-threshold award under framework
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Tender procurementMethod is "selective" and procurementMethodDetails is "Below threshold - award under framework".
Competition
99% confidenceFurther competition under the Council's Framework for the Provision of IT Software
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Tender description explicitly states this route and references framework process ocds-h6vhtk-059bfd.
Competitive indicator
95% confidenceMarked competitive
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Tender competitive is true.
Bid and evaluation information
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
99% confidence12 months
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Tender description states "12 Months"; contract dates span 15 January 2027 to 14 January 2028.
Options
99% confidenceAdditional licences as required
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Contract 1 hasOptions is true and options description states this wording.
Extension terms
98% confidenceUnknown
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No extension term is published; the stated option concerns additional licences.
Above-threshold status
99% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is false.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
96% confidenceFixed-term platform licence purchase with scope for additional licences
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Description specifies a 12-month Platform Bundle licence; contract options permit additional licences.
Route-to-market signal
98% confidenceThe buyer used an existing IT software framework and further competition rather than an openly described standalone procedure
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Tender description and procurementMethodDetails state further competition under the Council's IT Software framework and below-threshold award under framework.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceVerified legal identity available
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Supplier verification status is verified with exact-name match to PHOENIX SOFTWARE LIMITED, company number 02548628.
Award-date availability
99% confidenceNo award decision date supplied
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Award 1 award_date is null.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot title, description and individual lot value were not supplied
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LOT-0000 has null title, description and value_amount.
Competition detail
99% confidenceBid count, bidder identities, evaluation criteria, scores and award rationale were not supplied
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
Pricing detail
98% confidenceNo licence quantities, unit prices or VAT-rate breakdown were supplied
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The contract provides aggregate net and gross values only.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No award decision date was supplied.
- The notice does not publish bid counts, competing suppliers, evaluation criteria, scores or award rationale.
- LOT-0000 has no published title, description or individual value.
- The published values are contract-level aggregates; no licence quantity, unit-price or VAT-rate breakdown is available.
- No extension term is published; the stated option only permits additional licences as required.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
City of Bradford Metropolitan District CouncilPHOENIX SOFTWARE LIMITEDPhoenix SoftwareCloudflare licenceCloudflare Platform BundleIT software frameworkpublic procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Cloudflare licence contract?
PHOENIX SOFTWARE LIMITED is the verified legal supplier named for award 1.
What is the contract value?
The published contract value is £30,698.02 excluding VAT and £36,838.00 including VAT.
When does the contract run?
The published contract period runs from 15 January 2027 to 14 January 2028.
How was the contract awarded?
The notice states that the licence was purchased following a further competition under the Council's Framework for the Provision of IT Software.
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.