AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
North Tyneside Borough Council has awarded and signed a direct contract with ETHICAL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED for hosting, support and maintenance of its ELMS2 loan-equipment management system.
Published outcomeOne active award and one active contract are recorded for ETHICAL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED. The contract was signed on 1 October 2026, starts on 2 October 2026 and ends on 30 September 2029.
Market significanceThis is a below-threshold, non-competitive continuity procurement for specialist IT support. The buyer states that ETHICAL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED is uniquely able to maintain the configured system without disruption.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
ETHICAL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · Shared contract value: £37,842.13 excluding VAT; £45,410.56 including VAT GBP · Verified supplier; active award and contract
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Award 1 names supplier GB-COH-02208213. Supplier verification matches Companies House number 02208213 to ETHICAL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED. Contract 1 is linked to award 1 and states the total contract values.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published notice
99% confidenceContract details notice published 19 October 2026
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Contract document 098376-2026 records datePublished 2026-10-19T11:21:11+01:00.
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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Award 1 has status 'active'.
Contract status
98% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 has status 'active'.
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned 1 October 2026
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Contract 1 records dateSigned 2026-10-01T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract period
99% confidence2 October 2026 to 30 September 2029
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Contract 1 period records startDate 2026-10-02 and endDate 2029-09-30.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£37,842.13
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Contract 1 value.amount is 37842.13 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£45,410.56
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 45410.56 GBP.
Value allocation
98% confidenceContract-level value; no separate lot value published
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The contract contains one total value and the notice does not provide a value for lot 1.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence1 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-01.
Contract start
99% confidence2 October 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-10-02.
Contract end
99% confidence30 September 2029
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2029-09-30.
Notice publication
99% confidence19 October 2026
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The contract details notice was published on 2026-10-19.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceAnnual support, hosting and maintenance for ELMS2, a loan-equipment management system
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The tender title and description describe continued hosting, support and maintenance of the ELMS2 system.
Service context
98% confidenceCommunity equipment loan service
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The buyer states that ELMS2 is configured for its community equipment loan service.
Procurement category
98% confidenceServices; IT services, consulting, software development, Internet and support
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Award 1 is categorised as services and lists CPV 72000000.
Delivery location
95% confidenceUKC2, United Kingdom
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Award item 1 specifies delivery region UKC2.
Lot structure
98% confidenceOne lot recorded (lot 1); no lot title or description published
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Tender and award data reference related lot 1, which has no title or description.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceDirect award
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Tender procurementMethod is 'direct'.
Competition
99% confidenceBelow threshold - without competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails states 'Below threshold - without competition'.
Buyer rationale
97% confidenceThe buyer cites supplier-specific technical knowledge, system access and infrastructure, and says changing supplier would create disproportionate technical difficulties and operational risk.
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Tender description gives this continuity rationale and states there are no reasonable alternatives capable of ensuring continuity.
Bid and evaluation information
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No bid count, bidder list, evaluation scores or award-criteria results are present in the supplied data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
98% confidence1,094 calendar days, from 2 October 2026 to 30 September 2029
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Calculated from the explicit start and end dates recorded for contract 1.
VAT treatment
99% confidence£37,842.13 excluding VAT and £45,410.56 including VAT
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Contract 1 reports both amount and amountGross in GBP.
Extension or renewal options
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No option, extension or renewal terms are included in the supplied contract data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Continuity dependence
95% confidenceThe buyer describes the ELMS2 arrangement as dependent on supplier-specific knowledge, access and infrastructure, indicating a high stated switching barrier.
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The tender description says a supplier change would require complex migration, reconfiguration and retraining, with significant operational risk.
Market access
99% confidenceThe published procurement was non-competitive, so the notice does not evidence open-market price competition for this requirement.
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The stated method is direct, below threshold and without competition.
Contract scale
99% confidenceThe published gross contract value is £45,410.56 over the stated term.
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Contract 1 amountGross is 45410.56 GBP.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceVerified legal identity
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The supplier was matched by Companies House number 02208213 to ETHICAL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED; no name mismatch is flagged.
Award-date information
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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Award 1 has no award date.
Lot detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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Lot 1 has no published title, description or separate value.
Competition and evaluation detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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The supplied data contains no bid count, scores, pricing comparison or evaluation results.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No award date is published.
- No lot title, lot description or individual lot value is published.
- No bid count, evaluation scores, award criteria results, pricing breakdown or competing supplier information is published.
- No extension, option or renewal terms are published.
- The buyer's statements about supplier exclusivity, switching difficulty and continuity risk are reported as the buyer's rationale; the supplied notice provides no independent technical assessment.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
North Tyneside Borough CouncilETHICAL TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDELMS2loan equipment management systemIT support contractdirect awardhosting and maintenance
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the ELMS2 support and hosting contract?
ETHICAL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, verified against Companies House number 02208213.
What is the contract value?
The published value is £37,842.13 excluding VAT and £45,410.56 including VAT.
When does the contract run?
It was signed on 1 October 2026 and runs from 2 October 2026 to 30 September 2029.
Why was the contract awarded directly?
The buyer states that the supplier has the technical knowledge, access and infrastructure needed for continuity, and that changing supplier would create technical and operational risks.
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