AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
National Highways Limited has awarded and signed a below-threshold direct contract with Transoft Solutions (UK) Ltd for renewal of five named-user Autodesk AEC Collection licences, including support, maintenance and upgrades.
Published outcomeAward 1 is active and has an associated active contract. The contract was signed on 14 October 2026, starts on 28 October 2026 and ends on 26 October 2027.
Market significanceThis is a small, single-supplier CAD software licence renewal awarded without competition. The published contract value is £13,675 excluding VAT (£16,410 including VAT).
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
TRANSOFT SOLUTIONS (UK) LTD
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £13,675 excluding VAT; £16,410 including VAT (contract-level value) GBP · Verified legal supplier; active award
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Award 1 names TRANSOFT SOLUTIONS (UK) LTD as supplier. Supplier verification reports an exact-name match to company number 03472486. The contract linked to award 1 reports the stated values.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Procurement status
99% confidenceComplete
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The tender record has status "complete".
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 14 October 2026
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Contract 1 gives dateSigned as 2026-10-14.
Notice update
98% confidenceContract details notice updated 15 October 2026
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Release history records an award and contract update published on 15 October 2026.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£13,675
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Contract 1 value.amount is 13675 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£16,410
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 16410 GBP.
Value allocation
98% confidenceContract-level value linked to award 1 and lot 1
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Contract 1 is linked to award 1; award 1 relates to lot 1.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence14 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-14.
Contract start
99% confidence28 October 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-10-28.
Contract end
99% confidence26 October 2027
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2027-10-26T23:59:59+01:00.
Latest notice publication
99% confidence15 October 2026
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The contract details notice document was published on 15 October 2026.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceRenewal of five named-user Autodesk AEC Collection licences
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The published description states that the renewal is for 5 named-user licences for the AEC Collection.
Software and services
98% confidenceAutodesk AEC Collection, including Docs, Revit, AutoCAD, support, maintenance and upgrades
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The published description identifies these products and included services.
Procurement category
99% confidenceGoods
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Award 1 lists mainProcurementCategory as goods.
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 48321000 — Computer-aided design (CAD) software package
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The award item carries CPV 48321000.
Lot
98% confidenceLot 1; no published lot title or detailed lot description
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Award 1 and contract 1 relate to lot 1; the supplied lot record has no title or description.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceDirect procurement
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The tender record lists procurementMethod as "direct".
Competition approach
99% confidenceBelow threshold — without competition
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The tender record lists procurementMethodDetails as "Below threshold - without competition".
Threshold status
99% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract 1 states aboveThreshold as false.
Bid and evaluation information
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No bid count, bidder list, evaluation criteria, scores or award rationale is provided in the supplied data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
99% confidence28 October 2026 to 26 October 2027
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Contract 1 period gives these start and end dates.
Duration
98% confidenceApproximately 12 months
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Calculated from the explicit contract period of 28 October 2026 to 26 October 2027.
Support coverage
98% confidenceSupport, maintenance and upgrades are included in the described licence renewal
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The published description states that the collection includes support, maintenance and upgrades.
Extensions or options
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No extension or option terms are present in the supplied contract data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
98% confidenceSingle-supplier licence renewal
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The description calls the requirement a renewal and award 1 names one supplier.
Market engagement signal
99% confidenceNo competition was used for this below-threshold procurement
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The procedure is recorded as below threshold without competition.
Value interpretation
99% confidenceThe published amount is a total contract value, not a stated per-licence price
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The contract provides aggregate amounts while the description specifies five licences; no unit pricing is supplied.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Notice correction
99% confidenceThe published contract includes an amendment stating that incorrect scope/procurement description, contract value and contract end-date information had been entered.
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Contract 1 amendments description states: "Incorrect information was entered in the scope/procurement description, contract value, and contract end date".
Current-record treatment
98% confidenceThis analysis reports the currently supplied contract fields, but the prior incorrect values are not supplied for comparison.
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The amendment identifies corrected subject areas but does not provide superseded values in the supplied data.
Missing procurement detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: tender dates, submission deadline, bids, evaluation, award rationale, pricing breakdown and extension terms.
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These fields are absent or null in the supplied data.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or separate value.
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The supplied lot record contains no title, description or value.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The contract record states that prior scope/procurement description, value and end-date information was incorrect, but the superseded information is not supplied.
- No published bid count, competing suppliers, evaluation criteria, scores or detailed award rationale is available.
- No lot title, detailed lot description, separate lot value, unit price or pricing breakdown is supplied.
- No extension, option or renewal mechanism is published; the renewal outlook is only an end-date-based estimate.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
National HighwaysTransoft Solutions (UK) LtdAutodesk AEC CollectionCAD softwaresoftware licence renewaldirect award
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the National Highways Autodesk AEC Collection licence renewal?
TRANSOFT SOLUTIONS (UK) LTD won award 1. Its identity was verified by exact-name match to company number 03472486.
What is the contract value?
The published contract value is £13,675 excluding VAT and £16,410 including VAT.
When does the contract run?
It starts on 28 October 2026 and ends on 26 October 2027. The contract data states it was signed on 14 October 2026.
Was the procurement competed?
No. The notice records a below-threshold direct procurement without competition.
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