Lot 1
No lot description published.
Statuscomplete
AwardedFind a Tender · award
Trading Standards IT system
Buyer: West Sussex County Council →
BuyerWest Sussex County Council
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published13 Jun 2025
What is being bought
Collaboration with East Sussex CC.
Lot details
Comparable-procurement analytics
No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.
Procurement strategy & market signals
Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleArcus has intellectual property rights in the trading standards system's software that means only they are able to supply the software, provide security updates, patches and bug fixes.
Rationale classificationssingleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published
Planning & early market engagement
BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0
No planning milestones published.
Related procurements
No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.
Awards
1
Statusactive
SupplierArcus Global Ltd
Contracts
Contract for the Provision of Arcus Trading Standards Software Services
Statusactive
Value£190,685
Documents & submission route
- Not published
Source data inventory
Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.
| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-052758 |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 032330-2025 |
| Latest release timestamp | Fri Jun 13 2025 13:47:39 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | Not published |
| Tender status | complete |
| Procurement method | direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Main procurement category | Not published |
| Above threshold | Not published |
| Legal basis | 2023/54 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | Not published |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | Not published |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | Not published |
| Submission method details | Not published |
| Submission languages | Not published |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | Not published |
| Tender lots in source | 1 |
| Tender items in source | 0 |
| Tender documents in source | 1 |
| Awards in latest release | 1 |
| Contracts in latest release | 1 |
| Parties in latest release | 3 |
Notice history
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Jun 2025 | award, contract | 032330-2025 |
| 28 May 2025 | awardUpdate, contractUpdate | 028245-2025 |
| 27 May 2025 | award, contract | 027873-2025 |
All source data
Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.
Complete current OCDS release JSON
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