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Published 11 Mar 2026, 17:36 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Issues Management Societal Issue Planning and Scenario

Official notice

Authority: Orbit Group Limited (Public body)

Below threshold - without competition
Awarded value£33,750published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 4 Mar 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Sodali and Co Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Sodali & Co Limited will support Orbit in the role of strategic communications advisers to provide the following scope of services relating to the planning and implementation of an issues management workshop:

Stage one:

  • Creation of a corporate positioning statement that aligns with Orbit's vision
  • A working session for Orbit and Sodali in London to:

o Review Orbit's business continuity plans (high level) and share lessons learnt from Perry St

o Discuss and agree potential issues scenarios (incident-based e.g. social media post/ rumour inciting hate, similar to Perry Street; a riot; incident requiring lockdown; health and safety incident such as a fire etc.)

o Discuss how Orbit would respond (operationally and reputationally) based on its existing business continuity plans

  • The Sodali team to then work these findings up into a workshop to be held at Orbit's office in Coventry with its communications and Silver IMT teams to discuss how the company would respond
  • The output from this session would then be developed into two workstreams: the creation of a specific section for Orbit's Issues Management Procedure (communications focused but with operational considerations), and recommendations for the various teams to implement

Stage two:

  • Sodali to help design and run a scenario day with Silver IMT to test that the learnings have been factored into internal plans and to identify any gaps

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

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
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
11 Mar 2026, 17:36 GMT
Last source update
11 Mar 2026, 17:36 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-022043
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
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Official registry OCID
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Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Contract details notice published
    11 Mar 2026, 17:36 GMT
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

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Awards 1
Awarded value £33,7501 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 4 Mar 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Sodali and Co Limited£33,750 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Issues Management Societal Issue Planning and Scenario · Sodali and Co Limited

    Signed
    4 Mar 2026
    Value
    £33,750
    Period
    5 Mar 2026 – 4 Jan 2027
    Status
    active
    Options
    The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid. This Contract may be amended or varied at any time by mutual agreement in writing.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

ORBIT GROUP LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: IP28503R · GB-PPON: PDDL-8571-LDGT Garden Court, Harry Weston Road, Binley Business Park, Binley, Coventry, West Midlands, CV3 2SUContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Sodali & CoAwarded supplier The Leadenhall Building, 122 Leadenhall St, London, London, EC3V 4ABContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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