AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Islington & Shoreditch Housing Association Limited named Grant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax LLP for cybersecurity managed services through the CCS Cyber Security Services 3 DPS (RM3764.3). The published contract record is active and states it was signed on 7 May 2026, with a value of £573,995.23. However, the associated lot is marked cancelled, creating a status conflict that should be read alongside the contract record.
Published outcomeOne award, covering lot 1, names Grant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax LLP. The contract record linked to that award is active and includes an explicit signature date.
Market significanceThis is a housing-association cybersecurity services engagement spanning assessments, incident response, managed security, consultancy and related resilience support, sourced via the CCS Cyber Security Services 3 DPS.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
GRANT THORNTON UK ADVISORY & TAX LLP
96% confidenceAward 097134-2026-1 · Lots 1 · 573995.23 GBP · Active award; linked active contract record
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The active award names this supplier, and the linked contract record gives £573,995.23 GBP.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published notice status
98% confidenceAwarded / contract notice; source status complete
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Process display_status is "awarded", notice type is "award, contract", and source_status is "complete".
Award status
95% confidenceActive
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Award 097134-2026-1 has status "active".
Contract status
97% confidenceActive; explicitly recorded as signed
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Contract 097134-2026-1 has status "active" and dateSigned "2026-05-07T00:00:00+01:00".
Lot status
98% confidenceCancelled
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Lot 1 has status "cancelled".
VALUES
Published values explained
Published contract value
98% confidence£573,995.23 GBP
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Contract 097134-2026-1, linked to award 097134-2026-1, states amount 573995.23 and currency GBP.
Lot-level value
99% confidenceUnknown
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Lot 1 has no published value amount or currency.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signature date
98% confidence7 May 2026
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The linked contract record states dateSigned "2026-05-07T00:00:00+01:00".
Award/contract notice publication
98% confidence14 October 2026
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The release history and process published_at state "2026-10-14T15:27:33+01:00".
Contract start date
99% confidenceUnknown
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contract_start_at is null and no start date is supplied in the contract record.
Contract end date
99% confidenceUnknown
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contract_end_at is null and no contract end date is supplied.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service requirement
97% confidenceCybersecurity managed and professional services
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The notice describes security assessments, incident response and threat management, MDR/SOC and monitoring, and specialist cyber consultancy.
Primary classification
99% confidenceCPV 72590000 — Computer-related professional services
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Tender classification identifies CPV 72590000 as the primary classification.
Delivery region
94% confidenceUKI
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The published delivery address region is UKI.
Lot structure
98% confidenceOne published lot (lot 1)
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The tender and award both reference lot 1.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
98% confidenceLimited procedure: award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
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The process procurement_method is "limited" and procurement_method_details states this procedure.
Route to market
97% confidenceMini-competition under CCS Cyber Security Services 3 DPS (RM3764.3)
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The procurement rationale says it was a mini-competition from the PCR2015-compliant RM3764.3 DPS.
Award criteria
96% confidenceQuality 70%; price 30%
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Lot 1 award criteria list Quality 70 and price 30.
Competition information
99% confidenceNumber of tenders and bidder identities not supplied
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No tender count, unsuccessful suppliers, scores or evaluation results are published in the supplied data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Initial term
97% confidenceThree years
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Lot 1 options state an initial term of three years.
Extension option
97% confidenceUp to two additional 12-month periods; maximum stated duration five years
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Lot 1 options describe up to two 12-month extensions and a five-year maximum duration.
Extension conditions
95% confidenceSubject to satisfactory performance, value for money, continuing need and permitted scope changes
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The option description lists these conditions.
Pricing and payment terms
99% confidenceNot supplied
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The supplied notice provides a total contract value but no rate card, pricing breakdown or payment terms.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Demand profile
94% confidencePotentially broad and variable cybersecurity requirement
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The notice says service volume, mix and scope depend on ongoing operational and security requirements.
Supplier access requirement
97% confidenceServices were to be delivered by suppliers admitted to CCS RM3764.3 and selected through DPS filters
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The scope explicitly states this DPS admission and filtering requirement.
Evaluation emphasis
96% confidenceQuality weighted more heavily than price
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Published criteria are Quality 70% and price 30%.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Status inconsistency
99% confidenceThe award and linked contract are marked active, while the only associated lot is marked cancelled.
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Award 097134-2026-1 and contract 097134-2026-1 are "active"; lot 1 is "cancelled".
Published value coverage
99% confidenceA contract-level value is available, but no lot-level value is published.
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The contract gives £573,995.23 GBP; lot 1 value fields are null.
Information not supplied in the published notice
99% confidenceNo contract start/end date, tender count, scores, unsuccessful bidders, award date or pricing breakdown is provided.
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Relevant supplied fields are null or absent.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The source contains an unresolved lifecycle conflict: the sole lot is marked cancelled whereas the associated award and contract are marked active. This analysis reports both statuses and does not infer which record should prevail.
- No explicit contract start or end date is published, so an end-date-based renewal estimate cannot be made.
- No published tender count, bidder list, evaluation scores, award date, individual lot value, pricing detail or unsuccessful-supplier information is available.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
ISHA cybersecurity managed servicesGrant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax LLPRM3764.3cyber security serviceshousing association procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who was named as supplier?
Grant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax LLP (OC454533).
What value was published?
The linked contract record states £573,995.23 GBP.
Was the contract signed?
Yes. The contract record explicitly gives a signature date of 7 May 2026, although the associated lot is separately marked cancelled.
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