PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

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How to read contract values: notice stages, dates and worked examples

BIP SOLUTIONS LIMITED · published 26 Oct 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.

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Contracts Finder release ID759e9a35-b3ee-45df-ad77-a2a1b1dd5431-919119

Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-8b697d2a-cca6-4f4e-ad89-840258507ce4

Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/8u5J6V4e

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: £65,000
Tender value: £65,000
Procurement method: Other - Not Disclosed
Category: services
CPV: 48000000
Delivery: Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom

PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Automation testing tool/strategic enterprise testing platform - enterprise testing capabilities consolidation to single managed platform, supporting: Web/mobile application, API, database platforms, SaaS application, accessibility, automation Additional information: British Business Bank Plc, registered in England and Wales, registration number 08616013, registered office Steel City House, West Street, Sheffield, S1 2GQ, a development bank wholly owned by the HM Government. It and its subsidiaries are not banking institutions and do not operate as such. With the exception of BBB Investment Services Limited they are not authorised or regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority or the Financial Conduct Authority. BBB Investment Services Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. A complete legal structure chart for the group can be found at www.british-business-bank.co.uk.

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.

01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release26 Oct 2026
02Tender period startsTender-period field as published4 Oct 2026
03Tender period endsTender-period field as published3 Oct 2026End precedes start · verify
04Contract startsContract-period field as published4 Oct 2026
05Contract endsContract-period field as published4 Oct 2029

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.

Published name only

LambdaTest, Inc.

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

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

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