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17 Jun 2026 at 09:29

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process for the "Engagement Platform Survey" has been completed by GREENSQUAREACCORD LIMITED, a public body based in Birmingham, UK. This contract falls under the information technology services industry category, specifically focusing on providing an engagement platform that will help routinely collect feedback from colleagues and candidates. The contract, with a value of £48,000, was awarded to Culture Amp on 8 April 2026. Due to the unforeseen urgency, the procurement method utilised was a limited process, allowing the contract to be awarded without prior publication of a call for competition. The contracting location is the United Kingdom, and the procurement was undertaken due to significant technical and operational needs that could not be quickly met by alternative solutions.

This tender offers growth opportunities primarily for businesses specialising in IT solutions and employee engagement platforms. Enterprises that have established integration capabilities with existing HR systems and proprietary methodologies for employee analytics would find this tender particularly appealing. Due to the specific technology and support required, including advanced survey and feedback solutions, this procurement is well-suited to IT service providers with experience in organisational benchmarking and comprehensive platform support. The procurement approach demonstrates the importance of agility and capability to deliver complex solutions under time constraints, presenting a valuable market for agile and specialised service providers.

How relevant is this notice?

Notice Title

Engagement Platform Survey

Notice Description

GSA requires a single engagement platform to routinely collect feedback from colleagues and candidates across the organisation. A comprehensive survey and feedback solution that supports this requirement through a complete survey template suite, reporting capabilities, action planning tools, benchmarking, implementation management, customer support, and people science technical support.

Lot Information

Lot 1

GSA requires a single engagement platform to routinely collect feedback from colleagues and candidates across the organisation. A comprehensive survey and feedback solution that supports this requirement through a complete survey template suite, reporting capabilities, action planning tools, benchmarking, implementation management, customer support, and people science technical support. GSA require a consistent and scalable way to gather, analyse, and act on employee and candidate feedback. The platform's ready made survey templates will reduce internal effort and support regular feedback cycles, while reporting and benchmarking will enable GSA to identify trends, compare results, and target improvement activity. Action planning functionality will help ensure feedback leads to measurable organisational improvements. In addition, implementation management and ongoing customer and people science support will help ensure effective deployment, adoption, and continued value from the platform. GSA require a licence that permits a maximum of 2000 users to access the platform.

Procurement Information

GSA require a engagement platform provides a unique combination of functionality, including established integration with existing HR systems, proprietary methodologies for employee engagement analytics, and data used for organisational benchmarking. Due to unforeseen time constraints, transitioning to an alternative supplier would result in significant technical incompatibility, loss of historical data integrity, and disproportionate cost and operational disruption that cannot be reasonably mitigated within required timeframes. Accordingly, it is concluded that the conditions for a negotiated procedure without prior publication are met, as no reasonable alternative or substitute solution exists that would satisfy the authority's requirements without incurring unacceptable risk or inefficiency. Steps have been put into place to ensure adequate time is applied to reprocure this contract before expiry. Steps have been implemented to ensure that sufficient time is allocated to undertake a compliant re procurement exercise prior to the expiry of this contract, mitigating the risk of future direct awards and ensuring alignment with applicable procurement regulations.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b6aa
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/056966-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support


CPV Codes

72222300 - Information technology services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£48,000 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Jun 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
7 Apr 20262 months ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
GREENSQUAREACCORD LIMITED
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BIRMINGHAM
Postcode
B1 2JB
Post Town
Birmingham
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG31 Birmingham
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Birmingham
Electoral Ward
Ladywood
Westminster Constituency
Birmingham Ladywood

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

CULTURE AMP

Further Information

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