Official UK procurement notice
Bereavement Management Software — UK public procurement notice
Authority: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (Local council)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: South West (UKK24)
Awarded value£118,400published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Apr 2026no call for competition
Awarded to GSS (NI) Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAdministration Software for Bereavement Services
CPV: Software supply services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1SoftwareAwarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award — no call for competition
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 29 Sept 2026, 15:01 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Sept 2026, 15:01 BST
- Authority reference
DN829297- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077cb6
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
- The contract has been awarded through a compliant direct award under the G-Cloud 14 Framework Agreement (RM1557.14), established by the Crown Commercial Service. As a call-off from an existing framework agreement, the award was made in accordance with the framework terms and did not require a separate publication of a contract notice or further competition.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £118,4001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Apr 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GSS (NI) LtdSME | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 091967-2026-1 · GSS (NI) LtdSME
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2026
- Value
- £118,400
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High Court of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- GSS (NI) LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.