Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Liverpool City Council
Cunard Building
Liverpool
L31DS
UK
Contact person: Ryan Stewart
E-mail: ryan.stewart@liverpool.gov.uk
NUTS: UKD72
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://liverpool.gov.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Youth Transformation Program - Digital Platform
Reference number: DN805982
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Liverpool City Council (LCC) seeks to has been allocated grant funding from the Department for Culture, Media & Sport to advance Liverpool City Council's Youth Offer Transformation.
LCC is seeking to develop or connect to an interactive digital platform that provides young people, providers, and professionals with access to support, information and opportunities.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
95 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD72
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Liverpool City Council (LCC) seeks to has been allocated grant funding from the Department for Culture, Media & Sport to advance Liverpool City Council's Youth Offer Transformation.
LCC is seeking to develop or connect to an interactive digital platform that provides young people, providers, and professionals with access to support, information and opportunities.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
The stakeholder conducted a comprehensive review of the G-Cloud 14 catalogue to identify potential solutions capable of meeting the Council's requirements.
A broad search identified 8 solutions.
A desktop assessment of each solution against mandatory requirements identified Beebot AI's at the only one capable of meeting the requirements.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: DN805982
Title: Youth Transformation Program - Digital Platform
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
06/03/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Beebot AI
11702852
Manchester
UK
NUTS: UKD72
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 95 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Liverpool City Council
Cunard Building
Liverpool
L1 3EL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
06/03/2026