---
title: "MaPS Political Monitoring"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078650"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Money and Pensions Service"
published: "2026-10-13"
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# MaPS Political Monitoring

Buyer: Money and Pensions Service  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078650

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## Summary

The Money and Pensions Service procured access to a political news monitoring platform, classified as news-agency services. The requirement is for platform access; no further functionality or service scope is described. The buying organisation is the Money and Pensions Service, based in Bedford. This is a services requirement rather than a purchase of physical goods or works.

The procurement is complete and a contract was awarded to Access Intelligence Media and Communications Ltd. The contract value is £38,400. It was signed on 31 July 2026; the contract period and award date are not stated. The buyer used a limited procedure described as an award without prior publication of a competition notice, under its below-threshold route. One bid was recorded, and price was the stated award criterion. The procurement was organised as one lot; that lot is recorded as cancelled, although the award and contract are shown as active.

For a supplier assessing this buyer’s future political monitoring requirement, the demonstrated need is access to a political news monitoring platform. A credible competitor would need to provide a platform suited to political news monitoring and offer a price capable of competing, since price was the stated evaluation criterion. The award to a media and communications supplier shows the type of provider selected, but the procurement gives no further technical, accreditation, staffing or capacity requirements to use as a benchmark. The recorded award followed a limited, below-threshold route rather than a published competition, so a competitor should recognise that this procurement’s route did not involve an openly advertised call for competition.

## Notice

Access to political news monitoring platform

### Procurement Information

The estimated value of the contract is below the applicable threshold for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement therefore falls outside the requirement under Part 2 of the Regulations to publish a contract notice on Find a Tender prior to award. The procurement has instead been undertaken in accordance with the contracting authority's applicable below-threshold procurement requirements and internal commercial procedures, using the Route 3 Self-serve process.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096435-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

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

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £38,400 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Money and Pensions Service |
| Locality | BEDFORD |
| Postcode area | Milton Keynes |
| Postcode | MK42 9AB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLH24 Bedford |
| Local authority | Bedford |
| Electoral ward | Cauldwell |
| Westminster constituency | Bedford |
| Delivery location | TLH24 Bedford |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Access Intelligence Media and Communications Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

### Codes

- 92400000 - News-agency services

## Release History

- 13 Oct 2026 at 11:02 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096435-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://maps.org.uk/en#

## Provenance

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