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title: "Electoral Software Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e3f3"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Reading Borough Council"
published: "2026-08-13"
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# Electoral Software Services

Buyer: Reading Borough Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e3f3

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## Summary

Reading Borough Council procured electoral software services for its electoral administration. The requirement covers software to support elections, canvassing and year-round voter registration, together with training and support for software users. It combines software products and related information technology support services, including software support and associated technical assistance. The work is for the council’s electoral services and is delivered in Reading, Berkshire. The buyer is Reading Borough Council, a local authority. The requirement is therefore relevant to suppliers providing electoral management or voter registration systems, particularly those able to support both scheduled elections and continuing electoral administration. It also suits providers with established training and user-support functions, rather than suppliers offering general-purpose software without electoral-service capability.

This procurement is complete and has resulted in an active award and contract. Reading Borough Council used a limited procedure without publishing a prior call for competition, through a call-off from the Crown Commercial Service G-Cloud 14 Framework, Lot 2 for cloud software. The stated rationale was that the procurement fell outside the relevant directive’s scope. Civica Election Services was awarded the contract. The recorded contract value is £92,880. The contract was signed on 1 January 2026. One bid was recorded, and price was the stated award criterion. The procurement was structured as one lot covering the full electoral software, training and user-support requirement. The award is active and the contract is active.

This procurement demonstrates demand from a local authority for a combined electoral software and support service, covering elections, canvassing and continuous voter registration rather than a single election event. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need a functioning electoral management or registration platform, the capacity to support election activity and year-round records, and the ability to provide dependable software-user training and ongoing support. Experience delivering cloud software through a public-sector framework would be commercially relevant, because this buyer used a G-Cloud call-off route. Suppliers should also be able to demonstrate operational resilience, responsive technical assistance and a clear understanding of electoral administration. The requirement is most relevant to established specialist providers or suitably experienced technology firms with public-sector delivery capability.

## Notice

Software Contract for Electoral Services for Elections, Canvass and all year-round Registration. To also include Software training and support for Software Users.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Software Contract for Electoral Services for Elections, Canvass and all year-round Registration. To also include Software training and support for Software Users.

### Procurement Information

The award of this contract was via a call-off contract awarded under the Crown Commercial Service G-Cloud 14 Framework Agreement (RM1557.14, Lot 2: Cloud software), Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077402-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 13 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £92,880 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Reading Borough Council |
| Locality | READING |
| Postcode area | Reading |
| Postcode | RG1 2LU |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLJ16 Berkshire West |
| Local authority | Reading |
| Electoral ward | Abbey |
| Westminster constituency | Reading Central |
| Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Civica Election Services |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

## Release History

- 13 Aug 2026 at 16:44 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077402-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://www.reading.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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