AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Homes England awarded BUSINESS FUNDING RESEARCH LTD a 12-month subscription for five Beauhurst Impact licences, providing access to an online company-data platform. The contract was signed on 16 October 2026 and is stated to run from 21 October 2026 to 20 October 2027.
Published outcomeOne active award and active contract are recorded for BUSINESS FUNDING RESEARCH LTD under G-Cloud 15 Lot 2b.
Market significanceThis is a below-threshold framework call-off for database services, valued at £31,500 excluding VAT for the initial year, with up to two optional annual extensions.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
BUSINESS FUNDING RESEARCH LTD
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £31,500 excluding VAT for the initial contract period; £37,800 gross including VAT GBP · Verified supplier; active award
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Supplier verification identifies BUSINESS FUNDING RESEARCH LTD, company number 07312969, by company-number match. Award 1 names this supplier. Contract 1 states amount £31,500 and amountGross £37,800.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
99% confidenceContract details notice published; tender status complete
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The notice is labelled "Contract details notice on Find a Tender"; tender.status is "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 signed
99% confidence16 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-16.
Initial contract period
99% confidence21 October 2026 to 20 October 2027
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-10-21 and endDate is 2027-10-20.
VALUES
Published values explained
Initial contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£31,500
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Contract 1 value.amount is 31500 GBP; the description states five licences at £31,500 a year excluding VAT.
Initial contract value including VAT
99% confidence£37,800
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 37800 GBP.
Value allocation
96% confidenceAllocated to the single recorded award, not to an individual lot
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The contract is linked to award 1; lot 1 has no published value.
Maximum potential value
97% confidenceUnknown
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The notice gives an initial annual price and extension structure but does not publish a total maximum contract value.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract details notice published
99% confidence16 October 2026
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Notice document datePublished is 2026-10-16T11:07:08+01:00.
Contract signed
99% confidence16 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-16.
Initial term starts
99% confidence21 October 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-10-21.
Initial term ends
99% confidence20 October 2027
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2027-10-20.
Maximum extent date
99% confidence20 October 2029
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Contract 1 period.maxExtentDate is 2029-10-20.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceFive annual licences for Beauhurst Impact
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The tender description states "Provision of 5 Annual Licenses" for access to Beauhurst Impact.
Service category
99% confidenceDatabase services
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Award item additional classification is CPV 72320000, "Database services".
Platform content
98% confidenceOnline company data, including Companies House data, company and financial information, ownership, credit, ESG, investment, risk, patent, trade, contact, grant, location and news data
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The tender description lists these information categories.
Lot
98% confidenceG-Cloud 15 Lot 2b; notice lot 1
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The title identifies "G-Cloud 15 Lot:2b". The OCDS award and contract relate to notice lot 1.
Delivery coverage
95% confidenceUK regions including North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East and South West
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Award item deliveryAddresses list UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ and UKK.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement route
99% confidenceBelow-threshold award under a framework
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procurementMethodDetails is "Below threshold - award under framework"; contract aboveThreshold is false.
Framework route
99% confidenceG-Cloud 15 online filtering tool
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The description states that the contract was awarded via the G-Cloud 15 online filtering tool.
Procurement method
99% confidenceSelective
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procurementMethod is "selective".
Competition indicator
98% confidenceMarked non-competitive in the source record
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tender.competitive is false.
Bidder count and evaluation outcome
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Initial term
99% confidence12 months
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The description states a 12-month initial period; the published period runs from 21 October 2026 to 20 October 2027.
Extension options
99% confidenceTwo optional 12-month extensions exercisable by Homes England
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Contract renewal and options descriptions state this explicitly.
Maximum possible term
98% confidenceUp to 36 months, if both options are exercised
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A 12-month initial term plus two optional 12-month extensions is stated; maxExtentDate is 20 October 2029.
Pricing basis
99% confidence£31,500 per year excluding VAT for five licences
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The tender description states "5 licences at £31,500 a year excluding VAT".
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial model
99% confidenceAnnual licence subscription for five user licences
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The description specifies five annual licences at an annual price.
Buyer dependency
96% confidenceThe platform supports access to broad company intelligence and related data categories
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The stated scope includes corporate, financial, ownership, ESG, investment, risk and other company-data fields.
Extension value
98% confidenceThe two extension options create potential continuity through October 2029, subject to buyer exercise
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Optional annual extensions and the maximum extent date are published.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceVerified
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Supplier verification status is verified through an exact company-number match; verified legal name is BUSINESS FUNDING RESEARCH LTD.
Award-to-contract linkage
99% confidenceClear
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Contract 1 explicitly references awardID 1.
Lot information
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or value
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The lot record contains null title, description and value fields.
Competition information
99% confidenceLimited
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The record marks the procurement non-competitive but gives no bidder count, shortlisted suppliers, pricing comparison or evaluation detail.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Information not supplied in the published notice: bidder count, evaluation criteria, award rationale, bid prices, savings and scoring.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: a title, description or individual value for notice lot 1.
- No total maximum contract value is published; the source only states the annual initial price and optional extension structure.
- No timetable or notice requirement for exercising extension options is published.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Homes EnglandBUSINESS FUNDING RESEARCH LTDBeauhurst ImpactG-Cloud 15database servicespublic sector procurementcompany data subscription
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Homes England Beauhurst Impact contract?
BUSINESS FUNDING RESEARCH LTD, verified by company number 07312969.
What is the initial contract value?
£31,500 excluding VAT (£37,800 including VAT) for the 12-month initial term.
When does the contract run?
The initial term runs from 21 October 2026 to 20 October 2027. Up to two optional 12-month extensions could extend it to 20 October 2029.
How was the contract awarded?
The notice states that Homes England used the G-Cloud 15 online filtering tool for a below-threshold framework award.
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