AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council published an award and contract notice for a Civil Enforcement System. The record names UNITY FIVE LIMITED as the verified supplier and reports a GBP 205,650 contract signed on 16 October 2026. However, the sole lot is marked cancelled while the associated award and contract are marked active.
Published outcomeOne active award is associated with UNITY FIVE LIMITED for lot 1. The source contract record reports a value of GBP 205,650 and an explicit signature date of 16 October 2026.
Market significanceThis is a local-authority software and information-systems procurement conducted as a framework call-off using a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
UNITY FIVE LIMITED
98% confidenceAward 097796-2026-DN820987-1 · Lots 1 · 205650 GBP · Active award; associated active contract
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The award names supplier GB-COH-7202010; supplier verification confirms verified company name UNITY FIVE LIMITED, company number 07202010. The associated contract reports GBP 205,650.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice publication
99% confidence16 October 2026
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Process published_at and releaseHistory release_date: 2026-10-16T10:50:54+01:00.
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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Award 097796-2026-DN820987-1 has status 'active'.
Contract status
98% confidenceActive
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Contract 097796-2026-DN820987-1 has status 'active'.
Contract signature
99% confidence16 October 2026
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Contract dateSigned: 2026-10-16T00:00:00+01:00.
Lot status
99% confidenceCancelled
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Tender lot 1 is recorded with status 'cancelled'.
VALUES
Published values explained
Reported contract value
99% confidenceGBP 205,650
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Contract 097796-2026-DN820987-1 value amount 205650, currency GBP.
Value allocation
90% confidenceContract-level value associated with the single reported award and supplier
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One contract links to award 097796-2026-DN820987-1, which names one supplier.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence16 October 2026
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Contract dateSigned: 2026-10-16.
Notice published
99% confidence16 October 2026
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Notice published_at: 2026-10-16T10:50:54+01:00.
Contract start
99% confidenceUnknown
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contract_start_at is null and no commencement date is supplied.
Contract end
99% confidenceUnknown
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contract_end_at is null and no end date is supplied.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceProvision of a Civil Enforcement System
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Process and lot 1 description state: 'Provision of a Civil Enforcement System'.
Category
99% confidenceGoods
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Process main_category and tender mainProcurementCategory are 'goods'.
CPV classification
99% confidence48000000 — Software package and information systems
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Tender classification and supplied classifications list CPV 48000000.
Delivery region
96% confidenceUKD73
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Tender item deliveryAddresses specifies region UKD73.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceLimited
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Process and tender procurementMethod: 'limited'.
Procedure detail
99% confidenceAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
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procurementMethodDetails states this wording.
Stated rationale
99% confidenceFramework Call Off
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Tender procurementMethodRationale: 'Framework Call Off'.
Directive rationale classification
96% confidenceOutside scope of application of the directive
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procurementMethodRationaleClassifications description states this wording.
Evaluation weighting
93% confidenceQuality 70; price 30
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Lot 1 awardCriteria lists Quality description 70 and price description 30.
Competition information
99% confidenceUnknown
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No bidder count, tenderer identities or evaluation results are supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Reported contract status
98% confidenceActive
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Contract status is 'active'.
Signature status
99% confidenceExplicitly signed
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The contract record contains dateSigned: 2026-10-16.
Options
98% confidenceNo options reported
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Lot 1 hasOptions is false.
Duration
99% confidenceUnknown
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No contract start date, end date or duration is supplied.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial route
99% confidenceFramework call-off without prior publication
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The stated procurement rationale is Framework Call Off and the procedure detail is award without prior publication.
Evaluation emphasis
93% confidenceQuality-weighted evaluation
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The published criteria show quality at 70 and price at 30.
Value context
99% confidenceGBP 205,650 reported at contract level
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The active contract record reports GBP 205,650; no price breakdown is supplied.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Lifecycle inconsistency
99% confidenceThe sole lot is marked cancelled, while its linked award and contract are both marked active and the contract has an explicit signature date.
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Lot 1 status is 'cancelled'; award and contract status are 'active'; contract dateSigned is 2026-10-16.
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceVerified
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Supplier identity was verified by company number 07202010; verified company name is UNITY FIVE LIMITED.
Unpublished information
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice includes contract start and end dates, duration, bid count, bidder identities, scoring, pricing breakdown and individual lot value.
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Relevant source fields are null or absent.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The source contains an unresolved lifecycle contradiction: lot 1 is marked cancelled while the linked award and contract are active and the contract is explicitly dated as signed.
- No contract commencement date, end date, duration, extension terms or renewal terms are supplied.
- No bid count, unsuccessful bidder information, evaluation scores, award rationale or pricing breakdown is supplied.
- No separate lot value is supplied; the GBP 205,650 figure is reported on the associated contract record.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Sefton Metropolitan Borough CouncilUNITY FIVE LIMITEDCivil Enforcement SystemGBP 205,650software package and information systemsframework call-off
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who was named as supplier for Sefton's Civil Enforcement System?
The published award names UNITY FIVE LIMITED, verified by company number 07202010.
What is the reported contract value?
The associated contract record reports GBP 205,650.
Was the contract signed?
Yes. The source contract record includes a signature date of 16 October 2026.
Is there a data inconsistency in the notice?
Yes. The sole lot is marked cancelled, although the associated award and contract are marked active.
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