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CPT_24_26 - Government technology contracts and spending database 2024-28

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

National Audit Office · published 28 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 ID86cb0d28-2b7f-4aa8-a5b7-7c94da249c66-919493
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-d980a5c5-9346-4296-afe0-678a1e3c11ff
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sBN45ywB
Release typeawardUpdate
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

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

Award value
£81,000
award field
Tender value
£27,000
tender field
Procurement method
Open procedure (below threshold)
Category
services
CPV
72320000
Database services
Delivery
United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The National Audit Office (NAO) awarded a contract to Tussell Limited for access to its platform, providing historical, current and future pipeline information on public sector contracts, as well as actual public sector spending data by time period. Historical data is available from 1 January 2016 onwards. The contract was awarded for an initial period of three years, from Monday 1 July 2024 until Wednesday 30 June 2027, with the option to extend for a further one year until Friday 30 June 2028. The contract award was published on Contracts Finder.

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 release28 Oct 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published30 Jun 2024
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published15 May 2024End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published30 Jun 2024
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published30 Jun 2028
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 28 Oct 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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