AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust has concluded a fuel-card services contract with THOMAS SILVEY,LIMITED. The contract supports the vehicle fleets of NTW Solutions Ltd and the Trust, covering fuel purchasing, account management, reporting and fleet fuel-management services.
Published outcomeOne active award for lot 1 is linked to an active contract. The notice explicitly records the contract as signed on 15 October 2026, with service scheduled from 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2031.
Market significanceThis is a five-year, above-threshold fuel-card services contract with a stated net value of £1.25m and gross value of £1.5m. It was awarded under an identified framework rather than through a competitive procedure in this procurement record.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
THOMAS SILVEY,LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · 1250000 net; 1500000 gross GBP · Verified supplier; active award and linked active contract
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Award 1 names supplier GB-COH-00360922. Supplier verification matched company number 00360922 and supplies verified company name THOMAS SILVEY,LIMITED. The contract linked to award 1 states £1,250,000 amount and £1,500,000 amountGross.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
99% confidenceComplete / awarded
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The process tender status is "complete" and display status is "awarded".
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 conclusion
99% confidenceSigned 15 October 2026
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Contract 1 records dateSigned as 2026-10-15.
Service period
99% confidence1 November 2026 to 31 October 2031
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-11-01 and endDate is 2031-10-31.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value (net)
99% confidence£1,250,000
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Contract 1 value.amount is 1250000 GBP.
Contract value (gross)
99% confidence£1,500,000
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 1500000 GBP.
Threshold status
99% confidenceAbove threshold
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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is true.
Value allocation
91% confidenceContract-level value linked to the sole award and lot 1
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The single contract is linked to award 1, which relates to lot 1. No separate lot value is published.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award date
98% confidence23 September 2026
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The supplied award record for award 1 gives award_date as 2026-09-23.
Contract signed
99% confidence15 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-15.
Contract start
99% confidence1 November 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-11-01.
Contract end
99% confidence31 October 2031
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2031-10-31.
Contract details notice published
99% confidence15 October 2026
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Contract document 097578-2026 has datePublished 2026-10-15.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceFuel-card services for NTW Solutions Ltd and Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust vehicle fleets
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The tender description states that services support the fleets of NTW Solutions Ltd and the Trust.
Included services
99% confidenceNationwide fuel purchasing, account management, transaction reporting and associated fleet fuel-management services
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These services are expressly listed in the tender description.
Service context
99% confidenceDelivered to the Trust under the NTW Lease Car Service Level Agreement
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The tender description states this delivery context.
Procurement category
99% confidenceGoods; agency fuel cards
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Award 1 gives mainProcurementCategory as goods and classifies the item under CPV 30163100, Agency fuel cards.
Delivery regions
97% confidenceUKC and UKD1
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Award item 1 lists delivery addresses in regions UKC and UKD1.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceSelective procedure
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The tender procurementMethod is "selective".
Award route
99% confidenceAward under framework
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The tender procurementMethodDetails is "Award under framework".
Competition flag
99% confidenceNot competitive in this procurement record
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The tender competitive field is false.
Referenced framework
98% confidenceocds-h6vhtk-0553e8
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The relatedProcesses entry identifies framework ocid ocds-h6vhtk-0553e8.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
99% confidenceFive years
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The stated period runs from 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2031.
Performance metrics
98% confidenceSix-monthly observations for card issue/replacement/query response, card acceptance/service availability, and invoicing/transaction-data/management-information accuracy
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Contract 1 contains three agreed metrics, each with a six-month observation duration.
Extensions or options
95% confidenceUnknown
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No extension or option terms are supplied in the published record.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
96% confidenceA single supplier has been awarded a framework call-off for the fuel-card requirement.
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There is one award, one listed supplier, one lot and a contract linked to that award; the procurement route is stated as award under framework.
Management focus
96% confidenceThe stated metrics indicate monitoring of operational responsiveness, fuel-card availability and billing/data accuracy.
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The contract's agreed metrics cover those three areas on six-monthly observation periods.
Pricing detail
98% confidenceOnly total net and gross contract values are published.
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The record provides contract-level amount and amountGross but no unit prices, discount mechanism, transaction fees or pricing schedule.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Publication basis
99% confidenceContract details notice supports a concluded and signed contract record.
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The process is a Contract details notice and contract 1 explicitly provides a dateSigned.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or separate value.
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The supplied lot record has null title, description and value fields.
Competition detail
97% confidenceBidder numbers, evaluation results and award rationale are not supplied in the published notice.
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No such fields are present in the supplied record.
Pricing detail
98% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: rate card, fuel-price methodology, fees, discounts and volume assumptions.
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Only overall contract values are present.
Conflict-of-interest publication
99% confidenceConflict-of-interest document is marked "Not published".
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Tender documents include a conflictOfInterest entry with description "Not published".
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The published lot record does not provide a title, description, individual value or value basis for lot 1.
- The notice does not publish tender participant numbers, scores, evaluation rationale, unsuccessful suppliers or detailed competition information.
- No price schedule, unit rates, transaction fees, fuel-discount mechanism or usage assumptions are supplied.
- No extension, option, renewal or re-procurement terms are published. The renewal timing is only an estimate derived from the contract end date.
- The conflict-of-interest document is marked as not published.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Fuel Cards 26 - 31THOMAS SILVEY,LIMITEDCumbria Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation TrustNTW Solutions Limitedfuel cardsagency fuel cardsfleet fuel managementframework call-off
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Fuel Cards 26–31 contract?
THOMAS SILVEY,LIMITED, verified against company number 00360922.
What is the value of the contract?
The published contract value is £1.25m net and £1.5m gross.
When does the fuel-card contract run?
It is scheduled to run from 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2031.
Was the contract signed?
Yes. The contract record explicitly gives a signing date of 15 October 2026.
How was the contract awarded?
The notice states it was an award under a framework using a selective procedure.
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.