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title: "FEW1600 - CIS subscription"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f4c1"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Leicester City Council"
published: "2026-09-08"
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# FEW1600 - CIS subscription

Buyer: Leicester City Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f4c1

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084977-2026 |
| 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 | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 20 Feb 2026 - 20 Feb 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £26,943 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Leicester City Council |
| Locality | LEICESTER |
| Postcode area | Leicester |
| Postcode | LE1 1FZ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF21 Leicester |
| Local authority | Leicester |
| Electoral ward | Castle |
| Westminster constituency | Leicester South |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Allium UK Holding Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 72320000 - Database services
- 79980000 - Subscription services

## Release History

- 8 Sep 2026 at 14:55 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084977-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084977-2026
  8th September 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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