MaPS Political Monitoring contract awarded to Access Intelligence

Tender information last checkedLast checked 13 Oct 2026, 12:26.

Opportunity overview

Access to political news monitoring platform

Awarded to

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Access Intelligence Media and Communications Ltd

Matched by number

Contract value: £38.4k
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 30 Jul 2026
Award ID: 096435-2026-C1647-1
Status: active
Identifier: GB-COH 03819220
Location: London, UKI, EC1V 0AT, United Kingdom

Classification

CPV92400000 — News-agency services

Lots

Access to political news monitoring platformValue not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: C1647
Status: complete
Main Procurement Category: services
Procurement Method: limited
Procurement Method Details: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen: The estimated value of the contract is below the applicable threshold for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement therefore falls outside the requirement under Part 2 of the Regulations to publish a contract notice on Find a Tender prior to award. The procurement has instead been undertaken in accordance with the contracting authority's applicable below-threshold procurement requirements and internal commercial procedures, using the Route 3 Self-serve process.

Legal basis

Id: 32014L0024
Scheme: CELEX

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 92400000
Description: News-agency services

Procedure reasons

Entry 1

Scheme: TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id: D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Description: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Description: Access to political news monitoring platform
Has Options: No
Status: cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1

Type: price

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKH24

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE
Id: GB-FTS-146197

Identifier

Legal Name: MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE
No Identifier Rationale: notOnAnyRegister

Address

Street Address: Money & Pensions Service Borough Hall
Locality: Bedford
Region: UKH24
Postal Code: MK429AB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Contact

Name: Tarek Alakari
Telephone: +44 2081325284
Email: tarek.alakari@maps.org.uk

Roles

buyer

Details

Url: https://maps.org.uk/en# ↗

Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: TED_CA_TYPE
Id: BODY_PUBLIC
Description: Body governed by public law

Entry 2

Scheme: COFOG
Id: 01
Description: General public services

Organisation 2

Name: Access Intelligence Media and Communications Ltd
Id: GB-COH-03819220

Identifier

Legal Name: Access Intelligence Media and Communications Ltd
Id: 03819220
Scheme: GB-COH

Address

Street Address: Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street
Locality: London
Region: UKI
Postal Code: EC1V 0AT
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: sme

Organisation 3

Name: Money and Pensions Service Borough Hall
Id: GB-FTS-187519

Identifier

Legal Name: Money and Pensions Service Borough Hall

Address

Locality: Bedford
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1

Id: 096435-2026-C1647-1
Title: MaPS Political Monitoring
Status: active

Related lots

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-COH-03819220
Name: Access Intelligence Media and Communications Ltd

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 096435-2026-C1647-1
Award ID: 096435-2026-C1647-1
Title: MaPS Political Monitoring
Status: active
Date Signed: 31 Jul 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount: 38,400
Currency: GBP

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Bedford · UKH24 · MK429AB · United Kingdom
Delivery location · UKH24

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

096435-2026award, contract · 13 Oct 2026, 11:02

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

Money and Pensions Service published an award and contract notice for access to a political news monitoring platform. The notice records a £38,400 contract with ACCESS INTELLIGENCE MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED, signed on 31 July 2026.

Published outcome signals

Notice publication13 October 2026Evidence: Process published_at and releaseHistory release_date: 2026-10-13T11:02:23+01:00.
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award 096435-2026-C1647-1 has status 'active'.
Contract statusActiveEvidence: Contract 096435-2026-C1647-1 has status 'active'.

90% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 096435-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078650
First published: 13 Oct 2026
Last checked: 13 Oct 2026, 12:26
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.

Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 13 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One active award and one active contract record are linked to the verified supplier, ACCESS INTELLIGENCE MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED.

Market significance

A small, below-threshold political monitoring/news-agency services purchase conducted without prior publication of a call for competition.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

ACCESS INTELLIGENCE MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

98% confidence

Award 096435-2026-C1647-1 · Lots 1 · 38400 GBP · Verified supplier linked to an active award and active contract

View supporting evidence

Verified company name and number 03819220 are supplied; award links the supplier to lot 1; the linked contract states GBP 38,400.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice publication

99% confidence

13 October 2026

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Process published_at and releaseHistory release_date: 2026-10-13T11:02:23+01:00.

Award status

98% confidence

Active

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Award 096435-2026-C1647-1 has status 'active'.

Contract status

98% confidence

Active

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Contract 096435-2026-C1647-1 has status 'active'.

Contract signature

99% confidence

31 July 2026

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Contract dateSigned: 2026-07-31T00:00:00+01:00.

Lot status

99% confidence

Cancelled

View supporting evidence

Lot 1 is marked 'cancelled' in both tender lots and supplied lots data, despite the linked active award and contract.

VALUES

Published values explained

Contract value

99% confidence

£38,400

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Contract 096435-2026-C1647-1 value: amount 38400, currency GBP.

Value attribution

95% confidence

Contract-level value linked to the single supplier and award

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The sole contract is linked to award 096435-2026-C1647-1, which names one supplier.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Contract signed

99% confidence

31 July 2026

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Contract dateSigned: 2026-07-31T00:00:00+01:00.

Award and contract notice published

99% confidence

13 October 2026

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Release history records 13 October 2026.

Contract start

99% confidence

Unknown

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contract_start_at is null and no contract period is supplied.

Contract end

99% confidence

Unknown

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contract_end_at is null and no contract period is supplied.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

99% confidence

Access to a political news monitoring platform

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Process and lot description state: 'Access to political news monitoring platform'.

Primary classification

99% confidence

CPV 92400000 — News-agency services

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Tender classification and supplied classifications identify CPV 92400000.

Delivery region

94% confidence

UKH24

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Tender item deliveryAddresses specifies region UKH24.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procedure

99% confidence

Limited procedure

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Process procurement_method: 'limited'.

Procedure detail

99% confidence

Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

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procurement_method_details explicitly states this.

Rationale

98% confidence

Below the applicable Public Contracts Regulations 2015 threshold; undertaken under the buyer's below-threshold requirements and Route 3 Self-serve process

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Tender procurementMethodRationale states the estimated value was below the applicable threshold and describes the route used.

Award criteria

96% confidence

Price

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Lot 1 awardCriteria contains a single criterion of type 'price'.

Competition information

99% confidence

Unknown

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No bid count, bidder list, evaluation scores or comparative pricing is supplied.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Contract status

98% confidence

Active

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Contract status is 'active'.

Signature date

99% confidence

31 July 2026

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Contract dateSigned is 2026-07-31.

Options

96% confidence

No options stated

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Lot 1 hasOptions: false.

Duration and extension terms

99% confidence

Unknown

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No contract start, end, duration or extension information is supplied.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Commercial profile

99% confidence

The notice concerns a £38,400 political news monitoring platform service.

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Contract value is GBP 38,400; stated scope is access to a political news monitoring platform.

Route to market

98% confidence

The buyer reports a below-threshold procurement conducted without a prior call for competition.

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Tender rationale explicitly cites the below-threshold basis and internal Route 3 Self-serve process.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

90%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-078650
Analysed: 13 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE

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Buyer party legal name is MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE.

Buyer type

98% confidence

Body governed by public law

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Buyer classification TED_CA_TYPE: BODY_PUBLIC.

Buyer location

96% confidence

Bedford, United Kingdom

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Buyer address lists Bedford, MK429AB, United Kingdom.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Supplier identity

99% confidence

ACCESS INTELLIGENCE MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED (company number 03819220)

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Supplier verification identifies verified company name and number 03819220 using company-number matching.

Supplier scale

96% confidence

SME

View supporting evidence

Supplier party details classify scale as 'sme'.

Supplier location

96% confidence

London, United Kingdom

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Supplier address lists London, EC1V 0AT, United Kingdom.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

99% confidence

Unknown

View supporting evidence

No explicit contract end date, extension term or renewal provision is supplied.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Conflicting lot and award lifecycle data

99% confidence

Lot 1 is marked cancelled while the linked award and contract are active.

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Tender lot and supplied lot status are 'cancelled'; linked award and contract statuses are 'active'.

Unpublished contract period

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice.

View supporting evidence

No start date, end date, duration or extension terms are present.

Unpublished competition detail

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice.

View supporting evidence

No bidder count, tenderer identities, scores or evaluation narrative is present.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The source contains an unresolved lifecycle contradiction: the only lot is marked cancelled while its linked award and contract are active.
No contract start date, end date, duration, extension or renewal terms are supplied.
No award date, bidder count, tenderer list, scoring, evaluation narrative or pricing breakdown is supplied.
The notice does not explain the operational effect of the cancelled lot status on the active award and contract.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who is the supplier for the MaPS Political Monitoring contract?

The notice names ACCESS INTELLIGENCE MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED, company number 03819220.

What is the contract value?

The contract record states a value of £38,400.

When was the contract signed?

The contract record gives a signature date of 31 July 2026.

Was the procurement competed through a prior call for competition?

The buyer states that no prior call for competition was published because the estimated value was below the applicable threshold.

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.

MaPS Political Monitoring

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

Access Intelligence Media and Communications Ltd

Classification

Lots

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Legal basis

Classification

Procedure reasons

Lots and requirements

Award criteria

Criteria

Items and delivery

Delivery locations

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Classifications

Identifier

Address

Roles

Details

Identifier

Address

Roles

Award information

Related lots

Suppliers

Contracts and changes

Value

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

Award intelligence at a glance

Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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