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Contract Award Notice for Control Rooms Mobilisation Softcat

Awarded to Softcat PLC

The Secretary of state for the Home Department(buyer)

Published
Published 12 June 2026

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Overview

The Home Office has awarded a contract worth £5,984,392 to Softcat PLC, with Zetron Limited as key sub-contractor, for control rooms mobilisation services. The contract was signed on 22 May 2026 as a direct award under the RM6259 Vertical Application Solutions Framework, Lot 5 Blue Light Services, following a Get Quote process.

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Key details

Country
United Kingdom
Status
Contract signed
Category
Goods
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Rules
Public Contracts Regulations 2015
Published
12 June 2026
Classification (CPV)
Networking, Internet and intranet software package

Award outcome

Awarded value
£5,984,392
Award date
21 May 2026
Bids received
1
Winner
  • Softcat PLC

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About the winner

Softcat PLC

Based in
Marlow, Buckinghamshire

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Competition and scoring

Bids received

1

Open and restricted tenders in Software package and information systems drew a median of 3 bids over the last 24 months; 39% received only one.

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Price 100% · Quality 0%

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Market context

Typical award in Software package and information systems

£102,000

Median of 11,495 awards in the last 24 months

This award is 58.7× the median.

The Secretary of state for the Home Department in the last 12 months

112

contracts awarded, worth £1,748,809,284 in total

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    12 June 2026

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