AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Civil Nuclear Police Authority reported an award for end user devices and associated equipment to SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC through a further competition under Lot 2 of the GCA RM6098 framework. The published contract record states a £1,118,729 value and a signed date of 1 October 2026.
Published outcomeOne active award names SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC for the End User Devices requirement. The corresponding contract record is active.
Market significanceA £1.12m UK-wide public-sector technology equipment purchase routed through the RM6098 framework.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC
99% confidenceAward 098855-2026-1089-1 · Lots 1 · 1118729 GBP · active
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Verified Companies House identity: company number 01428210. The active award names this supplier; the published £1,118,729 contract is linked to this sole award.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice publication
99% confidence20 October 2026
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Notice published_at: 2026-10-20T10:50:52+01:00.
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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Award 098855-2026-1089-1 has status active.
Contract status
98% confidenceActive
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Contract 098855-2026-1089-1 has status active.
Contract signed
99% confidence1 October 2026
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Contract dateSigned: 2026-10-01T00:00:00+01:00.
Lot record status
99% confidenceCancelled
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Tender lot 1 is marked cancelled, although the active award and active contract both relate to lot 1.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published contract value
99% confidence£1,118,729
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Contract 098855-2026-1089-1 value: GBP 1,118,729.
Value attribution
97% confidenceLinked to the sole published award
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The contract is linked to award 098855-2026-1089-1, which names one supplier.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed date
99% confidence1 October 2026
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Contract dateSigned is 2026-10-01.
Award and contract notice published
99% confidence20 October 2026
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Release history records notice 098855-2026 on 2026-10-20.
Contract start date
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
Contract end date
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceEnd user devices and associated equipment
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Tender and lot description state provision of End User Devices and associated equipment.
Category
99% confidenceComputer equipment and supplies (CPV 30200000)
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Primary tender classification is CPV 30200000.
Delivery coverage
95% confidenceUnited Kingdom
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Tender item delivery address region is UK.
Framework route
99% confidenceFurther competition under Lot 2 of GCA RM6098
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Tender description and procurement rationale cite GCA reference CCZN26A02 and Lot 2 of framework RM6098.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceLimited procedure / award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
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Published process fields state procurementMethod limited and procurementMethodDetails accordingly.
Competition route
99% confidenceFurther competition managed by Government Commercial Agency
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Procurement rationale states that GCA managed the further competition and CNC joined the aggregated tender.
Published evaluation weighting
97% confidencePrice 70%; quality 20%; social value 10%
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Lot 1 description lists Social Value 10%, Quality 20%, and Price 70%.
Bidder count and award scoring
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract value
99% confidence£1,118,729
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Published contract value is GBP 1,118,729.
Options
96% confidenceNo options indicated
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Tender lot 1 hasOptions is false.
Duration and extension terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial emphasis
97% confidencePrice was the highest published weighting
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The lot description specifies price at 70%, compared with quality at 20% and social value at 10%.
Route to market
99% confidenceFramework further competition rather than a standalone CNC notice
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The buyer states it joined an aggregated tender run by GCA and did not publish notices itself for that competition.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Conflicting lot lifecycle data
99% confidenceLot 1 is marked cancelled while the linked award and contract are both active
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Lot 1 status is cancelled; award and contract 098855-2026-1089-1 are active and linked to lot 1.
Unpublished commercial detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: contract start/end dates, duration, bidder count, individual bid scores, award date and pricing breakdown.
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Relevant source fields are null or absent.
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceSupplier identity verified
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Verified company name and company number 01428210 match the source supplier identity.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The source contains an unresolved lifecycle contradiction: lot 1 is marked cancelled, while its linked award and contract are active. This analysis reports both statuses without selecting an unsupported interpretation.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: contract start and end dates, duration, extension terms, bidder count, award date, bid scoring and detailed pricing.
- The contract value is published at contract level; although it links to a sole award and supplier, no separate lot-value breakdown is published.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Civil Nuclear Police AuthoritySPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLCEnd User DevicesRM6098GCAcomputer equipmentpublic procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Civil Nuclear Police Authority End User Devices contract?
The active award names SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC, verified under company number 01428210.
What is the published contract value?
The linked contract record states £1,118,729.
When was the contract signed?
The published contract record gives a signed date of 1 October 2026.
What procurement route was used?
The buyer states the award followed a GCA-managed further competition under Lot 2 of framework RM6098.
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