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Fenland District Council

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23 Oct 2026 at 11:48

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Fenland District Council has procured an AI planning validation service to support the checking and validation of planning applications. The work is an information technology service (CPV 72222300), rather than a supply of physical goods or construction work. The buyer is Fenland District Council, based in March, Cambridgeshire. The service is for the council’s planning function; the stated requirement is an AI Planning Validator. The contract relates to delivery in the United Kingdom. The service is procured as a single requirement, with no further breakdown of work described. This opportunity is relevant to suppliers developing or providing AI-based planning validation tools and related implementation services for local government.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded to Agile Applications Limited. Fenland District Council used a direct award below the procurement threshold, without competition. The award was made on 22 October 2026, for a gross value of £81,000. The contract period runs from 24 October 2026 to 30 November 2028, with an option to extend for 12 months, to November 2029. The process has one lot. The award is active. No evaluation criteria or detailed basis for selecting the supplier is stated. The award records a scheduled contract signature milestone due on 23 October 2026; it does not establish that the contract was signed on that date.

This award indicates a defined local-government requirement for AI-assisted validation of planning applications, delivered as an information technology service. A credible competitor would need to offer a working AI planning validation capability suited to a council’s planning workflow, together with the technical expertise to implement and support it. The selected supplier is a small or medium-sized enterprise, showing that the requirement was delivered by an SME rather than necessarily requiring the resources of a large systems integrator. Suppliers with demonstrable experience in planning applications, public-sector systems and reliable deployment of AI tools would be well placed to compete if this buyer purchases the requirement again. The direct, non-competitive route used for this award is relevant evidence of how the council sourced this specific service; it does not establish the route for any future procurement.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

AI Validator

Notice Description

AI Planning Validator awarded under GCLoud Contract runs 01/12/2025 to 30th November 2028 with option for 12 month extension as per terms of GCloud

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-078ec9
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100393-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

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
£81,000 Under £100K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
23 Oct 20264 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
22 Oct 20265 days ago
Contract Period
24 Oct 2026 - 30 Nov 2028 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Fenland District Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
MARCH
Postcode
PE15 8NQ
Postcode Area
Peterborough
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Fenland
Electoral Ward
March North
Westminster Constituency
North East Cambridgeshire

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Agile Applications Limited

Further Information

Notice Documents

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