AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Somerset Council has awarded and signed a 12-month contract with BOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED for renewal of Bottomline D365 Invoice Automation, excluding PTX.
Published outcomeOne active award and contract are recorded for BOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED. The contract is stated as signed on 16 October 2026 and runs from 15 November 2026 to 14 November 2027.
Market significanceThis is a below-threshold direct procurement without competition for invoicing services, with a contract value of £49,810 excluding VAT (£59,772 including VAT).
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
BOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
100% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £49,810 excluding VAT; £59,772 including VAT GBP · Verified; active award and contract
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The supplier is named on award 1. Its Companies House identifier is 08098450, and supplier verification records a company-number match to BOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED. Contract 1 linked to award 1 records the stated values.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
100% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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The published document is described as "Contract details notice on Find a Tender".
Award status
100% confidenceActive
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Award 1 has status "active".
Contract status
100% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 has status "active".
Contract signature
100% confidenceSigned 16 October 2026
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Contract 1 records dateSigned as 2026-10-16T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract term
100% confidence15 November 2026 to 14 November 2027
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Contract 1 period records startDate 2026-11-15 and endDate 2027-11-14.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
100% confidence£49,810
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Contract 1 value.amount is 49810 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
100% confidence£59,772
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 59772 GBP.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract details notice published
100% confidence16 October 2026
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The notice publication timestamp is 2026-10-16T14:32:32+01:00.
Contract signed
100% confidence16 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-16T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract start
100% confidence15 November 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-11-15T00:00:00Z.
Contract end
100% confidence14 November 2027
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2027-11-14T23:59:59Z.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
100% confidenceRenewal of Bottomline D365 Invoice Automation, excluding PTX
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The procurement title and description state "Bottomline D365 Invoice automation" and "This is to renew our Bottomline Invoice Automation (not PTX)".
Procurement category
100% confidenceServices
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is "services".
Classification
100% confidenceCPV 79999200 — Invoicing services
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The award item lists CPV 79999200 with description "Invoicing services".
Delivery region
100% confidenceUKK23, United Kingdom
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The award item delivery address specifies region UKK23 and country GB.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
100% confidenceDirect
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The tender procurementMethod is "direct".
Competition approach
100% confidenceBelow threshold - without competition
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The tender procurementMethodDetails is "Below threshold - without competition".
Threshold status
100% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is false.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Duration
100% confidence12 months
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The explicit period runs from 15 November 2026 through 14 November 2027.
VAT treatment
100% confidenceBoth net and gross contract values are published
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Contract 1 reports amount of 49810 and amountGross of 59772, in GBP.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial context
100% confidenceThe notice describes the requirement as a renewal of an existing invoice-automation service.
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The published description says: "This is to renew our Bottomline Invoice Automation (not PTX)".
Competition signal
100% confidenceNo competition was used under the published below-threshold direct procedure.
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The procurement method details state "Below threshold - without competition".
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Published notice coverage
100% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice includes bid numbers, evaluation criteria or scores, award rationale, pricing breakdown, lot title, lot-level value, and extension or renewal options.
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These fields are absent from the supplied award, lot and contract data.
Value allocation
100% confidenceThe published contract value is linked to the sole award and sole supplier; no separate lot-level price is published.
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Contract 1 is linked to award 1, while lot 1 has no published value.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Information not supplied in the published notice: bid numbers, evaluation criteria or scores, award rationale, pricing breakdown, lot title, lot-level value, and extension or renewal options.
- No future procurement or renewal commitment is published; the post-end-date timing is only a date-based estimate.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Somerset CouncilBOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDBottomline D365 Invoice Automationinvoice automationinvoicing servicesdirect awardFind a Tender
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won Somerset Council's Bottomline D365 Invoice Automation contract?
BOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, company number 08098450.
What is the contract value?
£49,810 excluding VAT and £59,772 including VAT.
When does the contract run?
From 15 November 2026 to 14 November 2027.
Was the procurement competed?
The notice states it was a below-threshold direct procurement without competition.
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