PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Social Media Management Software

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

NHS Business Services Authority · published 4 Nov 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 ID9b293663-5e14-477a-93b9-c4f2b8a9fd00-920555
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-d630d635-6bee-48ec-8383-a0ea544a4f25
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-230435
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
£181,907
award field
Tender value
£218,288
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
72260000
Software-related services
Delivery
Not stated
NE15 8NY
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The scope of the contract includes the single-view management of the NHSBSA's social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter etc.) for customer engagement and marketing. The software will actively monitor relevant online conversations and provide insight from reporting and analytics. The contract is used by the Communications and Marketing Team, Contact Centre Services Team, and Pensions. The costs are split between the 3 areas depending on users required.

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 release4 Nov 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published24 Oct 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published1 Oct 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published24 Oct 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published24 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

Sprout Social, Inc.

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 4 Nov 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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