Cluster Model Quality Assurance Tool

Official notice

Authority: Southampton City Council (Local council)

Below threshold - without competitionLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable

Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48)IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: South East (UKJ32)

Awarded value£50,000published award · exc. VAT

Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition

Award (standstill) to Global Equality Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of pilot access to the Global Equality Collective (GEC)

Platform for up to 18 participating Southampton schools,

including platform onboarding, delivery of staff and student voice

surveys, generation of school-level and aggregated local

authority insight reporting, and associated inclusion analytics

support for schools and Southampton City Council.

Services will be delivered remotely via the Supplier's hosted

platform infrastructure

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1AwardedSMEVCSE

Delivery: South EastEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

48100000 Industry specific software package 48900000 Miscellaneous software package and computer systems 72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Below threshold - without competition
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Light touch regime
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 29 May 2026, 12:39 BST
Last source update: 29 May 2026, 12:39 BST
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-050810
Latest notice: Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area: South East (UKJ32)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06a8cf Find a Tender

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 29 May 2026

Transparency notice published
29 May 2026, 12:39 BST
UK5
Contract signature expected
30 May 2026, 23:59 BST
scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1some still in standstill

Awarded value £50,0001 award exc. VAT

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Global Equality Ltd30 May 2026 – 30 Apr 2027 · up to 30 Oct 2027Extensions: The Council may extend the Contract for a period of up to 6 months by giving not less than 10 Working Days' notice in writing to the Supplier prior to the Expiry Date. The terms and conditions of the Contract shall apply throughout any such extended period.	£50,000	—	Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Southampton City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PCGN-2413-RBTX Civic Centre, Civic Centre Road, Southampton, South East, SO14 7LYContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

GLOBAL EQUALITY LTDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 12447354GB-PPON: PLVJ-3454-TWBM 2nd Floor 32-33 Watling Street, Canterbury, South East, CT1 2ANContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender29 May 2026, 12:39 BST