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Published 7 Oct 2026, 18:02 BST

Official UK procurement notice

SARs Partial Outsourcing & STAIRs Capacity Creation

Official notice

Authority: Aster Group Limited

Below threshold - without competition
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
+6 moreEast Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Awarded value£38,544published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 7 Jul 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Data Protection People Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Partial outsourcing of Subject Access Request (SAR) processing to provide additional Information Governance capacity ahead of the STAIRs regime under the Social Housing (Regulation) Act. The supplier will provide AI/OCR-enabled deduplication and redaction (100GB processing) and structured human review (540 hours), with explanations of exemptions applied. Aster keeps customer engagement, decision-making and disclosure. This is a capacity-based service intended to run until 31 March 2027, while Aster gathers benchmarking data and considers a future competitive procurement.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West
72300000 Data services

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
7 Oct 2026, 18:02 BST
Last source update
7 Oct 2026, 18:02 BST
Authority reference
CAS-01344-F4L6T6
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-094964
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078339 Find a Tender

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Contract details notice published
    7 Oct 2026, 18:02 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £38,5441 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 7 Jul 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Data Protection People LtdSME——Awarded

Contracts

  • SARs Partial Outsourcing & STAIRs Capacity Creation · Data Protection People LtdSME

    Signed
    7 Jul 2026
    Value
    £38,544
    Period
    7 Jul 2026 – 6 Jul 2027
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

ASTER GROUP LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: IP29573R · GB-PPON: PRNW-9755-MGMY Sarson Court, Devizes, South West, SN10 2AZContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • DATA PROTECTION PEOPLE LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 09706626GB-PPON: PCRG-1896-HVYW 25-27 The Tannery, 91 Kirkstall Road, Leeds, Yorkshire & Humber, LS3 1HSContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

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