PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Local News Fund Evaluation

Department for Culture, Media and Sport · published 26 Aug 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID69a71735-0188-45c2-bfc6-20b613137dc9-912148
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-d5ac6a75-21fd-4872-8c44-c2e9f7133ab6
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/Pesn8463
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£179,100
award field
Tender value
£179,100
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
Category
services
CPV
79000000
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Delivery
Not stated
SW1A 2BQ
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) requires a supplier to provide evaluation work on the Local News Fund.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

Source-date conflictAt least one reported end date precedes its corresponding start date. Check the official notice before using the schedule.
  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release26 Aug 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published14 Jun 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published2 Jun 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published14 Jun 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 26 Aug 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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