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FEW1600 - CIS subscription

Leicester City Council

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08 Sep 2026 at 14:55

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Leicester City Council procured an annual subscription to the Construction Information Service (CIS), a specialist construction information and database service. The subscription supports the council’s Planning and Transportation, Housing, Estates and Building Services, Hard FM, and Capital Projects teams. The requirement is for access to construction-related information rather than physical construction works or general consultancy. The contracted service is delivered for the council’s activities in the United Kingdom. This is a service procurement led by Leicester City Council, with the requirement grouped into a single lot. The selected provider is Allium UK Holding Limited, trading in connection with the Accuris technology business, which supplies the CIS subscription. Businesses with comparable construction information platforms, technical databases or subscription-based information services would regard this as the relevant market.

The procurement has been completed and awarded, with an active contract in place. Leicester City Council used a direct award below the applicable threshold, without competition. Allium UK Holding Limited was selected as the supplier. The contract was signed on 19 February 2026 and runs from 20 February 2026 to 20 February 2027. Its value is £26,943.60 excluding VAT, or £32,332.32 including VAT. The requirement covered one lot and the award relates to the full CIS subscription. The published procurement data describes the purchase as subscription and database services. No competitive tender evaluation basis is recorded for this direct award. The outcome demonstrates that the council has committed to a defined annual subscription for multiple professional and capital-project teams.

This procurement indicates recurring demand from Leicester City Council for authoritative, specialist construction information that can support planning, property, estates, facilities-management and capital-project functions. A credible future competitor would need to provide a dependable construction information service with a substantial, searchable database and content relevant to several council departments, rather than a narrow single-team product. Useful capabilities would include maintaining current technical and industry information, making it accessible through a subscription platform, and supporting professional users who need dependable reference material for construction-related work. Suppliers should be able to demonstrate operational capacity to serve a large public-sector organisation and maintain continuity of access across multiple teams. Providers competing in this market would also need to understand direct public-sector purchasing routes and below-threshold requirements.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

FEW1600 - CIS subscription

Notice Description

Annual subscription to the Construction Information Service (CIS) for Planning and Transportation, Housing, Estates and Building Services - Hard FM and Capital Projects teams.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f4c1
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084977-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

72320000 - Database services

79980000 - Subscription services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£26,943 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
8 Sep 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
20 Feb 2026 - 20 Feb 2027 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Leicester City Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LEICESTER
Postcode
LE1 1FZ
Postcode Area
Leicester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF21 Leicester
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Leicester
Electoral Ward
Castle
Westminster Constituency
Leicester South

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Allium UK Holding Limited

Further Information

Notice Documents

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