AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Breckland District Council published a contract notice for housing software covering CBL, HPA2 and HRS systems. The notice identifies LOCATA (HOUSING SERVICES) LIMITED as the verified legal supplier and records a £204,600 contract signed on 19 October 2026. However, the underlying lot is marked cancelled while the linked award and contract are marked active.
Published outcomeA contract record linked to award 099108-2026-1 names LOCATA (HOUSING SERVICES) LIMITED as supplier, with a stated value of £204,600 GBP and an explicit signed date of 19 October 2026.
Market significanceThis is a direct award under G-Cloud 14 for housing software, rather than an openly competed tender. The published data does not provide pricing detail, term, scope breakdown or evaluation information.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
LOCATA (HOUSING SERVICES) LIMITED
95% confidenceAward 099108-2026-1 · Lots 1 · 204600 GBP · Verified supplier named on an active award and active contract record
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The award names source supplier "Locata" (GB-COH-04419315). Supplier verification matches company number 04419315 to "LOCATA (HOUSING SERVICES) LIMITED". The linked contract states £204,600 GBP.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Contract status
93% confidenceActive
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Contract 099108-2026-1 has status "active".
Contract signed
98% confidence19 October 2026
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Contract 099108-2026-1 records dateSigned "2026-10-19T00:00:00+01:00".
Award status
93% confidenceActive
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Award 099108-2026-1 has status "active".
Lot status
98% confidenceCancelled
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Tender lot 1, linked to the active award, has status "cancelled".
Notice published
98% confidence20 October 2026
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The award/contract notice was published at 2026-10-20T15:11:42+01:00.
VALUES
Published values explained
Stated contract value
98% confidence£204,600 GBP
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Contract 099108-2026-1 records value amount 204600, currency GBP.
Value attribution
91% confidenceContract-level value linked to the sole published award; no lot-level pricing is supplied
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The contract is linked to award 099108-2026-1; no separate lot value is published.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed date
98% confidence19 October 2026
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Contract dateSigned is 2026-10-19T00:00:00+01:00.
Notice publication date
98% confidence20 October 2026
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Process published_at is 2026-10-20T15:11:42+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
96% confidenceHousing software for CBL, HPA2 and HRS systems
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Process title and description state "Contract for the provision of CBL, HPA2 & HRS Systems" and "housing software".
Lot
96% confidenceLot 1 — Provision of Housing software
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Lot 1 description is "Provision of Housing software".
Category
99% confidenceSoftware package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
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Primary classification is CPV 48000000, "Software package and information systems".
Delivery region
90% confidenceUKH17
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The item linked to lot 1 specifies delivery address region UKH17.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
98% confidenceLimited procedure
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The notice records procurementMethod "limited".
Procedure detail
99% confidenceAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
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procurementMethodDetails states this wording.
Route stated by buyer
96% confidenceAwarded via G-Cloud 14 Agreement
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The procurement method rationale says "The contract was awarded via GCS GCloud14 Agreement".
Award criterion published for lot 1
88% confidencePrice
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Lot 1 awardCriteria contains a criterion of type "price".
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract record
99% confidenceContract 099108-2026-1 linked to award 099108-2026-1
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The contract has id 099108-2026-1 and awardID 099108-2026-1.
Start and end dates
99% confidenceNot supplied
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Process-level contract_start_at and contract_end_at are null; no dates are stated in the contract record beyond dateSigned.
Options
94% confidenceNo options indicated for lot 1
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Lot 1 hasOptions is false.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Route-to-market observation
96% confidenceThe buyer reports using G-Cloud 14 and a no-prior-publication award procedure.
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The procurement rationale states G-Cloud 14; procedure detail states award without prior publication of a call for competition.
Commercial transparency
96% confidenceOnly a total contract value is published; no pricing breakdown or lot-level value is available.
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The contract contains a single £204,600 value and the lot has no published value.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Conflicting lot and award lifecycle data
99% confidenceLot 1 is marked cancelled, but the linked award and contract are both marked active and the contract has a signed date.
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Lot 1 status is "cancelled"; award and contract status are "active"; contract dateSigned is 19 October 2026.
Supplier name difference resolved
99% confidenceThe source uses "Locata", while verified company-number matching identifies the legal supplier as LOCATA (HOUSING SERVICES) LIMITED.
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Source supplier name is "Locata"; verification matched company number 04419315 to the verified legal name.
Published term information
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No contract start date, end date, duration or extension terms are populated.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The source contains an unresolved lifecycle inconsistency: lot 1 is cancelled while its linked award and signed contract are active.
- No contract start date, end date, duration, extension terms or renewal terms are published.
- No bid count, bidder list, evaluation scoring, award justification beyond the stated route, or pricing breakdown is supplied.
- No individual lot value is published; the £204,600 figure is the contract-level value linked to the sole published award.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Breckland District CouncilLOCATA (HOUSING SERVICES) LIMITEDLocatahousing softwareG-Cloud 14CBLHPA2HRS systems
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who is named as the supplier?
The verified legal supplier is LOCATA (HOUSING SERVICES) LIMITED, company number 04419315. The source notice uses the name Locata.
What is the contract value?
The published contract value is £204,600 GBP.
Was the contract signed?
Yes. The contract record explicitly gives a signed date of 19 October 2026.
What is the data issue with the lot?
The linked award and contract are active, but lot 1 is marked cancelled in the published data.
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