AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Devon County Council awarded and signed a below-threshold work order for new road signage on the A376 between Clyst St Mary and Clyst St George. The work order was awarded under Lot 1 of the Minor Engineering Works Framework 2026–30 to CORMAC CONTRACTING LIMITED.
Published outcomeOne active award and active contract are recorded for CORMAC CONTRACTING LIMITED.
Market significanceThis is a £22,456.45 excluding VAT (£26,947.74 including VAT) roads-signage works order under an existing framework.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
CORMAC CONTRACTING LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £22,456.45 excluding VAT; £26,947.74 including VAT GBP · Active award and contract
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Award 1 names Cormac Contracting Ltd as supplier. Supplier verification maps this exact-name match to CORMAC CONTRACTING LIMITED (company number 07737521). The single contract linked to award 1 records these values.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
99% confidenceComplete
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The tender status is recorded as "complete" and the notice is a Contract details notice on Find a Tender.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 is recorded with status "active".
Contract status
99% confidenceActive; signed 13 October 2026
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Contract 1 has status "active" and dateSigned of 2026-10-13.
Contract period
99% confidence14 October 2026 to 31 March 2027
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Contract 1 period records startDate 2026-10-14 and endDate 2027-03-31.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£22,456.45
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Contract 1 value.amount is 22456.45 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£26,947.74
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 26947.74 GBP.
Value allocation
98% confidenceThe contract value is linked to the sole recorded award and supplier.
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Contract 1 references awardID 1; award 1 lists one supplier.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence13 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-13.
Contract start
99% confidence14 October 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-10-14.
Notice published
99% confidence16 October 2026
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The contract details notice datePublished is 2026-10-16T15:47:17+01:00.
Contract end
99% confidence31 March 2027
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2027-03-31T23:59:59+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Project
99% confidenceA376 Clyst St Mary to Clyst St George road-signage works
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The notice title is "[FWKORD0052] A376 Clyst St Mary to Clyst St George".
Works scope
99% confidenceSupply and installation of new road signage, including sign plates, posts, foundations and traffic management.
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This wording appears in the tender description.
Procurement category
99% confidenceWorks / construction work
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Award 1 has mainProcurementCategory "works" and CPV 45000000, Construction work.
Delivery region
95% confidenceUKK43
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The award item delivery address is recorded as region UKK43.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Route to market
99% confidenceBelow-threshold award under a framework
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procurementMethodDetails is "Below threshold - award under framework".
Framework route
99% confidenceMinor Engineering Works Framework 2026–30, Lot 1
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The description states that the work order was procured under Lot 1 of this framework; the related framework process is ocds-h6vhtk-04ea18.
Selection method
99% confidenceQuotation procedure
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The description states that Lot 1 was used through the quotation procedure under Section 10 of the Framework Information.
Competition
90% confidenceCompetitive procurement indicated; number of quotations unknown
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The tender field competitive is true, but no number of invited or received quotations is supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
98% confidenceApproximately 5 months and 18 days
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The recorded period runs from 14 October 2026 to 31 March 2027.
Extension options
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
Above-threshold status
99% confidenceNo
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Contract 1 records aboveThreshold as false.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Framework call-off opportunity
99% confidenceThe work was placed as a discrete Lot 1 work order under Devon County Council's Minor Engineering Works Framework 2026–30.
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The notice description identifies the framework, Lot 1 and work-order route.
Known commercial scale
99% confidenceThe recorded contract is valued at £22,456.45 excluding VAT.
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Contract 1 records amount of 22456.45 GBP.
Pricing and evaluation detail
99% confidenceNot published
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceVerified
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The supplied verification data records an exact-name match to CORMAC CONTRACTING LIMITED, company number 07737521.
Award and contract linkage
98% confidenceClear
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The sole active contract references award 1, which has one named supplier and one related lot.
Unpublished procurement detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: award decision date, quotation count, bidder identities, evaluation results, lot title, extension terms and pricing breakdown.
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These fields are absent or null in the supplied notice data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The published notice does not state the award decision date, number of quotations, bidder identities, evaluation methodology or scores.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or separate value.
- No extension, renewal or variation terms are supplied.
- No pricing breakdown beyond total net and gross contract values is supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Devon County CouncilCORMAC CONTRACTING LIMITEDA376Clyst St MaryClyst St Georgeroad signageMinor Engineering Works Frameworkframework work order
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won Devon County Council's A376 road signage work order?
CORMAC CONTRACTING LIMITED won the sole recorded award. The source notice names Cormac Contracting Ltd, and supplied verification identifies the legal company as CORMAC CONTRACTING LIMITED.
What is the value of the A376 Clyst St Mary to Clyst St George contract?
The contract value is £22,456.45 excluding VAT and £26,947.74 including VAT.
When does the A376 signage contract run?
The recorded contract starts on 14 October 2026 and ends on 31 March 2027. It was signed on 13 October 2026.
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