AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Coventry University has a signed, active contract with DELOITTE LLP for a Lead Developer resource supporting enhancement and extension of its Salesforce platform. The engagement was awarded through G-Cloud 14 following a framework search.
Published outcomeOne active award and contract are reported for DELOITTE LLP. The contract runs from 1 August 2026 to 31 July 2027.
Market significanceThis is a £171,737 net (£206,084.40 gross) below-threshold direct award for specialist Salesforce development capacity in higher education.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
DELOITTE LLP
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £171,737 net; £206,084.40 gross GBP · Verified supplier; active award and contract
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Verified company identity: OC303675, exact-name match. Award 1 names Deloitte LLP as supplier; contract 1 is linked to award 1. The value is recorded at contract level.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published notice
99% confidenceContract details notice published 21 October 2026
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Contract document 099445-2026 is dated 2026-10-21 and described as a Contract details notice on Find a Tender.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 has status 'active'.
Contract status
99% confidenceActive; signed 31 July 2026
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Contract 1 has status 'active' and dateSigned 2026-07-31.
Contract period
99% confidence1 August 2026 to 31 July 2027
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-08-01 and endDate is 2027-07-31.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value, excluding VAT
99% confidence£171,737
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Contract 1 value.amount is 171737 GBP.
Contract value, including VAT
99% confidence£206,084.40
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 206084.4 GBP.
Value attribution
98% confidenceContract-level value linked to award 1
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Contract 1 is linked to awardID 1, which has one named supplier.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence31 July 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-07-31.
Contract start
99% confidence1 August 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-08-01.
Contract end
99% confidence31 July 2027
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2027-07-31.
Notice publication
99% confidence21 October 2026
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The contract details notice datePublished is 2026-10-21.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service
99% confidenceLead Developer resource for Salesforce platform development
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The description states that Deloitte will provide a Lead Developer and development capacity to enhance and extend Coventry University's Salesforce platform.
Service alignment
98% confidenceWork is to align with Deloitte's separate DROP-service release-management processes and cadence
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The description says release management is under a separate Statement of Work for the DROP service and the Lead Developer will work in alignment with it.
Procurement category
99% confidenceIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
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Award item additional classification is CPV 72000000.
Delivery geography
95% confidenceUnited Kingdom
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The award item delivery address is recorded as UK, GB.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement route
99% confidenceDirect award under G-Cloud 14
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The description states that the contract was awarded against the G Cloud 14 Framework; tender procurementMethod is 'direct'.
Competition designation
99% confidenceBelow threshold – without competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails is 'Below threshold - without competition'; contract aboveThreshold is false.
Framework search result
95% confidenceDeloitte was stated to be the only supplier returned by the search term used
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The published description says Deloitte were the only supplier resulting from the framework search term.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
99% confidence12 months
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The stated period is 1 August 2026 through 31 July 2027.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
Contract form/status
99% confidenceActive contract
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Contract 1 status is 'active' and a signing date is recorded.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Requirement context
98% confidenceThe engagement continues development support provided since implementation of the Salesforce platform.
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The description explicitly characterises the engagement as continuing Deloitte's development support since Salesforce implementation.
Commercial structure
97% confidenceThe Lead Developer engagement is separate from the stated DROP release-management Statement of Work, while operating within its release cadence.
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The description distinguishes this engagement from the separate DROP-service Statement of Work.
Supplier-market signal
93% confidenceThe buyer reports that its G-Cloud search term returned Deloitte as the only supplier.
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The description states Deloitte were the only supplier resulting from the framework search term; this is a statement about that search, not a measure of the wider market.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceVerified
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Supplier verification reports an exact-name match to active company DELOITTE LLP, company number OC303675.
Award date
99% confidenceNot published
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Award 1 has no award date and no award date is otherwise supplied.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 is identified but has no published title, description or individual value
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Lot 1 is listed as complete, with null title, description and value fields.
Competition and evaluation detail
98% confidenceInformation not supplied beyond the direct-award designation and framework-search statement
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No bid count, evaluation scores, pricing comparison or selection rationale is published.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No award decision date is published.
- Information on bid numbers, evaluation methodology, scores, pricing comparison and detailed selection rationale is not supplied in the published notice.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
- No extension, option or renewal terms are published.
- The stated framework-search result relates only to the buyer's search term and does not establish the number of potential suppliers in the wider market.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Coventry UniversityDELOITTE LLPDeloitte Developer ResourceSalesforce developmentG-Cloud 14Lead DeveloperIT services contract
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Coventry University Deloitte Developer Resource contract?
DELOITTE LLP won award 1. Its identity was verified against company number OC303675.
What is the value of the contract?
The contract value is £171,737 excluding VAT and £206,084.40 including VAT.
When does the contract run?
It starts on 1 August 2026 and ends on 31 July 2027.
How was the supplier selected?
The notice reports a direct, below-threshold award through G-Cloud 14 after a framework search that returned Deloitte as the only supplier for the search term used.
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