AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
The Insolvency Service awarded and recorded a signed contract for a specialist service-design pilot reviewing its Adjudicator Bankruptcy process. The supplier is ERNST & YOUNG LLP. The published record also marks the only lot as cancelled, creating an unresolved status conflict.
Published outcomeERNST & YOUNG LLP is named on award 099261-2026-TIS0911-1 for lot 1. The contract record is active and gives a signature date of 15 October 2026.
Market significanceThis is a management-consultancy engagement procured as a further competition under the Government Commercial Agency Management Consultancy 4 Framework Agreement, Lot 2 (Strategy and Policy).
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
99% confidenceAward 099261-2026-TIS0911-1 · Lots 1 · Not published · Verified supplier; named on active award
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Supplier verification identifies company number OC300001 as ERNST & YOUNG LLP. The award names Ernst & Young and relates to lot 1.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published notice
99% confidence21 October 2026
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The award and contract notice was published at 2026-10-21T09:16:22+01:00.
Award status
95% confidenceActive
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Award 099261-2026-TIS0911-1 has status active.
Contract status
98% confidenceActive; signed 15 October 2026
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Contract 099261-2026-TIS0911-1 has status active and dateSigned 2026-10-15T00:00:00+01:00.
Lot status
98% confidenceCancelled
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Lot 1, to which the active award relates, is marked cancelled in the tender data.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published contract award value
99% confidenceNot published
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No award or contract value is supplied in the published award record.
Initial pilot phase estimate
94% confidence£145,000
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Lot options state: 'The initial phase is a 16 Week Pilot Phase at £145k.' This is described in option information, not as an awarded contract value.
Potential extension estimate
94% confidence£100,000 to £500,000
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Lot options describe a 12-month extension option, subject to governance, affordability and procurement obligations, estimated at £100k–£500k.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signature date
98% confidence15 October 2026
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The contract record gives dateSigned as 2026-10-15.
Contract start date
99% confidenceUnknown
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No contract start date is supplied.
Contract end date
99% confidenceUnknown
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No contract end date is supplied.
Initial pilot duration
94% confidence16 weeks
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The lot option description states that the initial phase is a 16-week pilot.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceSpecialist service-design consultancy pilot for the Adjudicator Bankruptcy process
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The notice describes a pilot review of the Insolvency Service's Adjudicator Bankruptcy process.
Objectives
98% confidenceAnalyse the end-to-end customer journey; identify operational-efficiency, service-improvement and value-for-money opportunities; and recommend a future-state service model.
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These objectives are stated in the tender and lot descriptions.
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 79400000 — Business and management consultancy and related services
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The tender's primary classification is CPV 79400000.
Delivery area
90% confidenceUKI
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The item delivery address is recorded at UKI regional level.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement route
99% confidenceLimited procedure: award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
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The process records procurementMethod as limited and gives this procurement-method detail.
Framework route
98% confidenceFurther competition under Government Commercial Agency Management Consultancy 4 Framework Agreement, Lot 2 — Strategy and Policy
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The procurement-method rationale states this route.
Competition information
99% confidenceNot published
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No bidder count, tenderer list, scoring or evaluation results are supplied.
Award criterion shown
90% confidencePrice
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Lot 1 award criteria list price only.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Extension option
94% confidenceUp to 12 months, subject to governance, affordability and procurement obligations
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The lot option description states a 12-month extension option with these conditions.
Contract value and pricing
99% confidenceNot published
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No concluded contract value, pricing schedule or value breakdown is supplied.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
94% confidenceA 16-week pilot is described, with a separately conditional option for up to 12 additional months.
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The option description specifies the initial pilot and extension conditions.
Value interpretation
98% confidenceThe £145,000 pilot figure and £100,000–£500,000 extension range should not be treated as a published awarded contract value.
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These figures appear only in the lot's option description, while award and contract values are absent.
Market access signal
98% confidenceThe requirement was sourced through a further competition on the Management Consultancy 4 framework rather than an open call.
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The procurement rationale explicitly identifies the framework further competition.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Conflicting lot and award lifecycle data
99% confidenceThe sole lot is marked cancelled, while its linked award and contract are marked active and the contract has a signed date.
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Lot 1 status is cancelled; award and contract 099261-2026-TIS0911-1 are active; the contract dateSigned is 15 October 2026.
Value disclosure
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No award or contract value is present; only pilot and extension estimates appear in option text.
Timing disclosure
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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Contract start and end dates are null or absent.
Competition disclosure
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No bid count, evaluation detail, scores or tenderer list is provided.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The sole lot is marked cancelled despite the linked award and signed contract being marked active; the source does not resolve this conflict.
- No awarded contract value is published. The £145,000 pilot and £100,000–£500,000 extension figures are estimates in option text, not confirmed contract values.
- No contract start or end date is published.
- No bidder count, evaluation scores, award rationale, tenderer list or pricing breakdown is published.
- The lot has no published title.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Insolvency ServiceERNST & YOUNG LLPAdjudicator Bankruptcyservice mappingManagement Consultancy 4public procurementconsultancy contract
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who was named as supplier for the Insolvency Service Adjudicator Bankruptcy service mapping work?
ERNST & YOUNG LLP, verified against company number OC300001, is the supplier named for award 099261-2026-TIS0911-1.
Was the contract signed?
Yes. The published contract record gives a signature date of 15 October 2026 and an active status.
What was the published contract value?
No awarded contract value was published. The notice describes a £145,000 initial pilot and a conditional extension estimate of £100,000 to £500,000.
What procurement route was used?
The notice states that this was a further competition under Lot 2 of the Government Commercial Agency Management Consultancy 4 Framework Agreement.
Is there a data issue in the notice?
Yes. The linked lot is marked cancelled, whereas the associated award and signed contract are marked active.
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