AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Defence Equipment and Support awarded a direct, below-threshold subscription-services contract to GARTNER U.K. LIMITED for a 12-month corporate CIO research membership. The published contract record states that it was signed on 8 October 2026 and starts on the same date.
Published outcomeOne active award (award 1) and one active contract (contract 1) are recorded for GARTNER U.K. LIMITED.
Market significanceThis is a £72,900 excluding VAT (£87,480 including VAT) research-membership procurement without competition, with up to 12 months of extension and a separate 12-month option recorded.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
GARTNER U.K. LIMITED
100% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £72,900 excluding VAT; £87,480 including VAT GBP · Verified supplier; active award and contract
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The supplier was verified by company number 02266016. Award 1 names Gartner UK LTD as supplier, and contract 1 linked to award 1 records GBP 72,900 net and GBP 87,480 gross.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
100% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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The published document is described as “Contract details notice on Find a Tender” (UK7).
Procurement status
100% confidenceComplete
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Tender status is recorded as complete; lot 1 is also recorded as complete.
Award status
100% confidenceActive
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Award 1 has status active.
Contract status
100% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 has status active.
Contract signature
100% confidenceSigned on 8 October 2026
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Contract 1 records dateSigned as 2026-10-08.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
100% confidence£72,900
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Contract 1 value.amount is 72900 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
100% confidence£87,480
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 87480 GBP.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
100% confidence8 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-08.
Contract start
100% confidence8 October 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-10-08.
Scheduled contract end
100% confidence30 September 2027
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2027-09-30.
Maximum recorded extent
100% confidence30 September 2028
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Contract 1 period.maxExtentDate is 2028-09-30.
Notice published
100% confidence21 October 2026
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The UK7 contract details notice was published on 2026-10-21.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
100% confidenceCorporate CIO research membership
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The title is “NADG CIO Corporate Research Membership”.
Service description
100% confidenceCloud-accessible independent IT research library supporting organisational growth, maturity improvement, technology upskilling and best practice.
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This is stated in the published tender description.
Procurement category
100% confidenceServices — subscription services
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Award 1 lists services as the main procurement category and CPV 79980000, Subscription services.
Delivery coverage
100% confidenceUnited Kingdom
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The award item delivery address is recorded as UK.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
100% confidenceDirect
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The tender procurementMethod is direct.
Competition approach
100% confidenceBelow threshold — without competition
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The published procurementMethodDetails states “Below threshold - without competition”.
Above-threshold status
100% confidenceNo
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Contract 1 records aboveThreshold as false.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Base term
100% confidence8 October 2026 to 30 September 2027
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The contract period start and end dates are recorded in contract 1.
Extension provision
100% confidenceUp to 12 months
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The renewal description states that an up to 12-month contract extension is available under G-Cloud 14 terms and conditions.
Option provision
100% confidenceOne 12-month option
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The options description states that one 12-month option is available within the contract.
Maximum recorded term date
100% confidence30 September 2028
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Contract 1 records a maxExtentDate of 2028-09-30.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial model
97% confidenceSingle-supplier research subscription membership
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The requirement is for one 12-month membership and the award has one supplier.
Competition signal
100% confidenceThe procurement was conducted without competition.
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The notice states “Below threshold - without competition”.
Award rationale
100% confidenceNot published
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No evaluation rationale, scores, pricing comparison or selection justification is supplied in the published notice data.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier name normalisation
100% confidenceThe source supplier name differs from the verified legal company name.
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The source lists “Gartner UK LTD”, while company-number verification identifies GARTNER U.K. LIMITED; supplier_name_mismatch is true.
Award date
100% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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The award record has no award_date.
Lot detail
100% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
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The lot record contains no title, description or value.
Evaluation detail
100% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No bid count, evaluation scores, award rationale or pricing breakdown is included in the supplied data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The source supplier name “Gartner UK LTD” differs from the verified legal name GARTNER U.K. LIMITED; the verified legal name is used in this analysis.
- No award decision date is supplied.
- No lot title, lot description or individual lot value is published.
- No bid count, evaluation methodology, scores, award rationale, pricing breakdown or savings information is supplied.
- The notice records extension and option provisions but does not state whether either will be exercised.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
GARTNER U.K. LIMITEDDefence Equipment and SupportNADG CIO Corporate Research MembershipCIO research membershipsubscription servicesG-Cloud 14
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the NADG CIO Corporate Research Membership contract?
GARTNER U.K. LIMITED, verified by company number 02266016.
What is the contract value?
£72,900 excluding VAT and £87,480 including VAT.
When does the contract run?
It starts on 8 October 2026 and is scheduled to end on 30 September 2027. The record gives a maximum extent date of 30 September 2028.
Was the procurement competed?
No. The notice states that it was below threshold and conducted without competition.
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