---
title: "RBGKEW1454 Political Monitoring Service"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0614ad"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW"
published: "2026-02-02"
---

# RBGKEW1454 Political Monitoring Service

Buyer: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0614ad

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## Summary

The procurement process for the "RBGKEW1454 Political Monitoring Service" was conducted by the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, a public authority and central government entity located in Kew Green, United Kingdom. This process reached the award stage on 2nd February 2026. The contract, valued at £36,000 excluding VAT, was awarded through a direct procurement method, specifically below threshold and without competition. The contract was signed on 15th December 2025 and covers a period from 1st January 2026 to 31st December 2028. The service aims to provide tailored updates from the Government and Parliament, highlighting its need for specificity which was only available from Navigate Politics Ltd., the awarded supplier. The service category for this contract falls under "Monitoring and control services" and targets regions across the United Kingdom.

This tender highlights opportunities for businesses that specialize in providing highly customized political monitoring services, particularly those that rely on human analysis over automated systems. The need for tailored updates makes it an attractive opportunity for businesses with expertise in delivering nuanced and specific intelligence to governmental bodies. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) specializing in these types of services, especially those capable of offering competitive advantages over other software-driven solutions, would find this type of contract well-suited to their capabilities and growth interests.

## Notice

Direct Award To receive tailored updates on the activity from the Government and Parliament. Research into other suppliers show that other suppliers are unable to offer the level of tailoring of political updates which Kew requires for its broad reaching yet specific interests. Research indicates that Navigate Politics is the only political monitoring software available from research which provides adequately tailored monitoring to make it useful and that uses humans and not AI to provide the updates. Political monitoring service providers

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009159-2026 |
| 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 | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Feb 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 15 Dec 2025 |
| Contract period | 1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £36,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW |
| Locality | KEW GREEN |
| Post town | Twickenham |
| Postcode | TW9 3AE |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI7 Outer London - West and North West |
| ITL 3 | TLI75 Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames |
| Local authority | Richmond upon Thames |
| Electoral ward | Kew |
| Westminster constituency | Richmond Park |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | NAVIGATE POLITICS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71700000 - Monitoring and control services

## Release History

- 2 Feb 2026 at 16:40 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009159-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009159-2026
  2nd February 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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