Official UK procurement notice
Corporate and Libraries Web Filtering Licenses
Authority: Coventry City Council (Local council)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG33)
Awarded value£339,046published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 31 Aug 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Softcat Plc
Notice summary
Procurement of Web Filtering Software.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProcurement of Web Filtering Software
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £339,0461 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 31 Aug 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Softcat Plc | £339,046 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 087327-2026-1 · Softcat Plc
- Signed
- 31 Aug 2026
- Value
- £339,046
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 0 electronic | 0 | — | — |
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 15 Sept 2026, 13:57 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Sept 2026, 13:57 BST
- Authority reference
COV26898- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-087327- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06fa30Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional deliveries by the original supplier ordered under the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
Direct award using the public framework to existing supplier
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The Council of the City of CoventryReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SoftcatAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.