AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has published contract details for operation registers (125 leaves/500 pages per book). The contract is with HARLOW PRINTING LIMITED, trading in the source notice as Harlow Solutions.
Published outcomeA single active award (award 1) is linked to a single active contract (contract 1) for HARLOW PRINTING LIMITED. The source explicitly records a signature date of 13 October 2026 and a contract period from 20 October 2026 to 19 January 2027.
Market significanceThis is a below-threshold goods procurement worth £27,715.36 excluding VAT (£33,258.43 including VAT), for delivery in the Cambridge area.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
HARLOW PRINTING LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £27,715.36 excluding VAT; £33,258.43 including VAT GBP · Verified legal supplier; active award and linked active contract
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Supplier verification identifies company number 00435445 as HARLOW PRINTING LIMITED. Award 1 names this supplier and is linked to contract 1; the contract value applies to the linked single-supplier contract.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published notice
99% confidenceContract details notice published 20 October 2026
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Document 098765-2026 is described as a Contract details notice on Find a Tender, with publication timestamp 2026-10-20T09:25:20+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% confidence13 October 2026
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Contract 1 records dateSigned as 2026-10-13T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract period
99% confidence20 October 2026 to 19 January 2027
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Contract 1 period records startDate 2026-10-20 and endDate 2027-01-19.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£27,715.36
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Contract 1 value.amount is 27715.36 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£33,258.43
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 33258.43 GBP.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence13 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-13.
Contract start
99% confidence20 October 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-10-20.
Contract end
99% confidence19 January 2027
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2027-01-19.
Notice published
99% confidence20 October 2026
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The contract details notice has datePublished 2026-10-20T09:25:20+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceOperation registers, 125 leaves per book (500 pages)
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Process title and description state: 'Operation Registers. 125 leaves per book' and '1775 - Operation Registers. 125 leaves per book, = 500 pages'.
Procurement category
99% confidenceGoods
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is 'goods'.
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 30199700 — Printed stationery except forms
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Award item 1 carries CPV 30199700 with this description.
Delivery area
96% confidenceUKH12 (Cambridge area), United Kingdom
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Award item 1 delivery address specifies region UKH12, United Kingdom.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure detail
99% confidenceBelow threshold — unknown
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Tender procurementMethodDetails is recorded as 'Below threshold - unknown'.
Above-threshold status
99% confidenceNo
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Contract 1 records aboveThreshold as false.
Competition information
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information on bids received, bidders, evaluation and scoring was not supplied in the published notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
98% confidenceApproximately three months
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The stated period runs from 20 October 2026 to 19 January 2027.
VAT treatment
99% confidenceBoth net and gross values published
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Contract 1 supplies amount (£27,715.36) and amountGross (£33,258.43).
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
99% confidenceOne award, one lot and one linked supplier contract
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Award 1 relates to lot 1, names one supplier, and contract 1 links to award 1.
Supplier opportunity signal
94% confidenceShort-duration printed-stationery requirement
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The award covers operation registers classified as printed stationery, with a period ending 19 January 2027.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier name normalisation
99% confidenceVerified legal name used; source name includes a trading name
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The supplied verification identifies HARLOW PRINTING LIMITED, while the source party name is 'HARLOW PRINTING LIMITED T/A HARLOW SOLUTIONS'.
Published award date
99% confidenceNot supplied
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Award 1 has no award_date in the supplied award record.
Lot-level value
96% confidenceNot separately published
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Lot 1 has no value amount; the contract-level value is reported because it is linked to the single award and single lot.
Evaluation and competition detail
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No bid count, evaluation criteria, scores or award rationale is present in the supplied data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The award record does not publish an award decision date.
- Information on competing bids, evaluation, pricing breakdowns and award rationale was not supplied in the published notice.
- No extension, renewal or re-procurement terms were published.
- Lot 1 has no separate value; the reported contract value is at contract level and is linked to the sole award and lot.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustHARLOW PRINTING LIMITEDHarlow Solutionsoperation registersprinted stationeryFind a TenderNHS procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the operation registers contract?
HARLOW PRINTING LIMITED won award 1. The source notice also uses the trading-name wording 'HARLOW PRINTING LIMITED T/A HARLOW SOLUTIONS'.
What is the contract value?
The linked contract value is £27,715.36 excluding VAT and £33,258.43 including VAT.
When does the contract end?
The published contract period ends on 19 January 2027.
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