AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Central Bedfordshire Council has published contract details for the River Set App, a mobile application intended to combine Environment Agency river data, weather forecasts and flood alerts. The published contract names COTHAM TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED as supplier.
Published outcomeA direct, below-threshold procurement without competition resulted in one active award and one active contract record for COTHAM TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED.
Market significanceThis is a small digital application-development engagement with a stated net contract value of £46,000 (£55,200 gross).
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
COTHAM TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £46,000 net; £55,200 gross GBP · Verified supplier; award and contract active
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Award 1 identifies supplier GB-COH-08071499. Supplier verification matches company number 08071499 to COTHAM TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED. Contract 1, linked to award 1, states £46,000 amount and £55,200 amountGross.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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Process notice_type and contract document description state "Contract details notice on Find a Tender".
Procurement status
99% confidenceComplete
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Tender status is "complete" and process source_status is "complete".
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 status is "active".
Contract status
99% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 status is "active".
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned on 16 June 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is "2026-06-16T00:00:00+01:00".
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value (net)
99% confidence£46,000
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Contract 1 value.amount is 46000 GBP.
Contract value (gross)
99% confidence£55,200
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 55200 GBP.
Value attribution
98% confidenceContract-level value linked to award 1
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Contract 1 references awardID "1", which has one named supplier.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence16 June 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-06-16.
Contract start
99% confidence30 June 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-06-30.
Contract end
99% confidence31 March 2027
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2027-03-31.
Notice published
99% confidence20 October 2026
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The contract document datePublished and process published_at are 2026-10-20.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceRiver-level alert mobile application
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The description states the project will deliver a user-facing mobile application enabling alerts when river levels reach user-defined thresholds.
Data and alerting scope
99% confidenceCombines public Environment Agency river data, weather forecasts and flood alerts
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Process description explicitly lists these information sources.
Procurement category
99% confidenceServices
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is "services".
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 72212000 — Programming services of application software
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Award item 1 additional classification is CPV 72212000.
Lot structure
99% confidenceOne lot, identified as lot 1
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Tender contains lot 1; award 1 relatedLots is ["1"].
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceDirect procurement
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Tender procurementMethod is "direct".
Method detail
99% confidenceBelow threshold — without competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails states "Below threshold - without competition".
Competition information
99% confidenceNo competitive process was stated
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The published method detail explicitly says "without competition".
Above-threshold status
99% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is false.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
99% confidence30 June 2026 to 31 March 2027
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Contract 1 period provides these start and end dates.
Duration
95% confidenceApproximately 9 months
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Calculated from the published contract period of 30 June 2026 to 31 March 2027.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial model signal
98% confidenceDirect below-threshold digital-services engagement
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The contract is for application programming services and the procurement method is direct, below threshold and without competition.
Published value basis
99% confidenceBoth net and gross values are available
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Contract 1 reports amount of £46,000 and amountGross of £55,200.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award-to-contract linkage
99% confidenceClear
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Contract 1 explicitly references awardID "1"; award 1 has one supplier and one related lot.
Supplier identity
99% confidenceVerified
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Supplier verification completed using company number 08071499, matching COTHAM TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED.
Unpublished award date
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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Award 1 has no award date and the extracted award_date field is null.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot title, description and individual lot value were not supplied
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Lot 1 is present but its title, description and value fields are null.
Evaluation detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No scoring, bid evaluation or selection rationale is provided in the supplied data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No award decision date was supplied.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
- No tender submission deadline, bidder count, evaluation scoring or award rationale was supplied.
- No extension, option or renewal terms were supplied.
- The notice does not provide a pricing breakdown beyond net and gross contract values.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Central Bedfordshire CouncilCOTHAM TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDRiver Set Appmobile applicationflood alertsriver dataapplication programming servicespublic procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who received the River Set App contract?
The published award names COTHAM TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, verified by company number 08071499.
What is the River Set App contract value?
The contract states a net value of £46,000 and a gross value of £55,200.
When does the contract run?
The published period runs from 30 June 2026 to 31 March 2027.
Was the procurement competed?
The notice describes it as a direct, below-threshold procurement without competition.
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