AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Cell Therapy Catapult Limited awarded Better Decisions Group Limited a one-year application support agreement for CGTC, including an SLA for issue resolution and short-notice consultant assignment.
Published outcomeA direct, below-threshold procurement without competition resulted in an active award and an explicitly signed contract.
Market significanceThis is a £132,540 gross annual support contract in a specialist application-support requirement, renewed from an existing arrangement.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
BETTER DECISIONS GROUP LIMITED
98% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · 132540 GBP · Active award; active signed contract
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Verified supplier identity is BETTER DECISIONS GROUP LIMITED (company number 08492553). Award 1 names Better Decisions Group Ltd as supplier and contract 1, linked to award 1, is valued at £132,540 gross.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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The source identifies the notice as “Contract details notice on Find a Tender”, published 15 October 2026.
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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Award 1 is recorded with status “active”.
Contract status
99% confidenceActive; signed 8 October 2026
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Contract 1 has status “active” and dateSigned of 2026-10-08.
Contract term
99% confidence9 October 2026 to 9 October 2027
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Contract 1 period states startDate 2026-10-09 and endDate 2027-10-09.
VALUES
Published values explained
Signed contract value
99% confidence£132,540 gross
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Contract 1 value is amountGross 132540, currency GBP.
Value allocation
94% confidenceThe published contract value is linked to the sole supplier and award 1; no separate lot value is published.
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Contract 1 references awardID 1; award 1 has one supplier and related lot 1, while lot 1 has no published value.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence8 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-08.
Contract start
99% confidence9 October 2026
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-10-09.
Notice published
99% confidence15 October 2026
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The contract details notice publication timestamp is 2026-10-15T15:29:26+01:00.
Contract end
99% confidence9 October 2027
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Contract 1 period endDate is 2027-10-09T23:59:59+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
94% confidenceSupport and maintenance agreement for CGTC
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The notice description states that the agreement covers CGTC.
Service levels
96% confidenceSLA for issue resolution, including short-notice consultant assignment
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The description says the SLA covers issue resolution requiring BDG to assign a consultant at short notice.
Classifications
91% confidenceDatabase and operating software package; financial and insurance services
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Award item classifications list CPV 48600000 and CPV 66000000.
Delivery region
91% confidenceUKI (London region)
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The award item delivery address is recorded as region UKI, United Kingdom.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceDirect procurement
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Tender procurementMethod is “direct”.
Competition approach
99% confidenceBelow threshold — without competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails states “Below threshold - without competition”.
Tender status
97% confidenceComplete
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Tender and lot 1 are both recorded with status “complete”.
Existing arrangement
96% confidenceRenewal of an existing contract
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The notice description explicitly describes the agreement as a renewal of an existing contract.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract title
99% confidenceBDG Ltd - Application Support Agreement - Board
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Contract 1 title is recorded as “BDG Ltd - Application Support Agreement - Board”.
Term
98% confidenceOne year
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The stated period runs from 9 October 2026 to 9 October 2027.
Above-threshold status
99% confidenceNo
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Contract 1 records aboveThreshold as false.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
95% confidenceA direct renewal for continuity of support and maintenance
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The notice calls this a renewal of an existing contract, and the method is direct without competition.
Operational dependency
96% confidenceThe requirement includes SLA-backed issue resolution and access to a consultant at short notice.
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These service elements are stated in the published description.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceVerified legal supplier identity available
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The verification workflow reports an exact-name match to BETTER DECISIONS GROUP LIMITED, company number 08492553.
Publication completeness
98% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice includes tender dates, bid counts, evaluation information, lot title, lot-specific value breakdown and extension terms.
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These fields are absent or null in the supplied award, lot and process records.
Value interpretation
98% confidenceThe £132,540 figure is a gross contract value, not a separately published award or lot value.
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The amount appears in contract 1 as amountGross; award and lot value fields are null.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No tender submission deadline, bid count, bidder list, evaluation criteria, scores or award rationale is published.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
- No extension, option or renewal mechanism is stated; the 9 October 2027 expiry estimate is not a procurement forecast.
- No pricing breakdown beyond the £132,540 gross contract value is supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Better Decisions Group LimitedCell Therapy Catapultapplication support agreementCGTC supportdirect procurementFind a Tender
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the contract?
BETTER DECISIONS GROUP LIMITED, verified to company number 08492553.
What is the contract value and duration?
The signed contract is valued at £132,540 gross and runs from 9 October 2026 to 9 October 2027.
Was there competition?
The notice records a direct, below-threshold procurement without competition.
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.