Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE
Money & Pensions Service Borough Hall
Bedford
MK429AB
UK
Contact person: Tarek Alakari
Telephone: +44 2081325284
E-mail: tarek.alakari@maps.org.uk
NUTS: UKH24
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://maps.org.uk/en#
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
MaPS Political Monitoring
Reference number: C1647
II.1.2) Main CPV code
92400000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Access to political news monitoring platform
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
38 400.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH24
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Access to political news monitoring platform
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 procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
The estimated value of the contract is below the applicable threshold for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement therefore falls outside the requirement under Part 2 of the Regulations to publish a contract notice on Find a Tender prior to award. The procurement has instead been undertaken in accordance with the contracting authority's applicable below-threshold procurement requirements and internal commercial procedures, using the Route 3 Self-serve process.
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: C1647
Title: MaPS Political Monitoring
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
31/07/2026
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
Access Intelligence Media and Communications Ltd
03819220
Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street
London
EC1V 0AT
UK
NUTS: UKI
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:
: 38 400.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Money and Pensions Service Borough Hall
Bedford
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
13/10/2026