Estimate 1
Not stated
VAT basis unknown. No amounts are added together or allocated to individual suppliers. This is not a payment.
Procurement Act 2023 notice
Burnley Borough Council and Liberata UK Limited Strategic Partnership, Deed of Variation
- Latest stage
- contract
- Latest notice
- 15 Apr 2026
- Stated contract period
- Not stated to Not stated
- Award period
- 1 Jan 2028 to 1 Feb 2030
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06836c
- Procurement method
- direct
Payments Transparency Register ↗. Search the register for OCID ocds-h6vhtk-06836c. The Payments Transparency Register publishes payments under public contracts commenced after 31 March 2026 that fall under Section 70 of the Procurement Act 2023. Contracting authorities must publish information about any payment of more than £30,000, including VAT. Values on the register exclude VAT. This site does not republish those payments.
Held original notices: Contracts Finder to 9 November 2026. Find a Tender originals run from 24 February 2025 through 10 November 2026 exclusive, including the L1 gap package from 17 August 2026, with supplementary packages for part of 16 to 23 August 2026. The official notice may have changed. Check Find a Tender search if it cannot be opened.
Which stages have a stated date?
None of the six stages have a date on the held notices. A gap means no held notice states that date; it does not mean the stage did not happen.
- Planning noticeNo planning notice is held.
- Tender noticeNo tender notice is held.
- Tender deadlineNot stated on the held notice.
- Award dateNot stated on the held notice.
- Contract startNot stated on the held notice.
- Contract endNot stated on the held notice.
Source: held original Find a Tender notices 034382-2026, read offline: stage notices, tender period, awards and the stated contract period.
What the held notices state
- Tender deadline
- Not stated on the held notice
- Process status
- Complete
- Regime
- Procurement Act 2023, stated as UKPGA 2023/54
- Procurement method
- Direct award
- Stated reason for the method
- Switching direct award.
Due to Local Government Reorganisation (LGR), there is insufficient management capacity to bring the services back in house prior to LGR. Running a new procurement exercise is costly and unless the council offers a minimum 8 year term the opportunity is highly unlikely to attract competitive bids. Any such long term agreements will bind the successor authority under LGR to a borough level strategic partnership. While the council should not make decisions now, that could fetter the decision making of future councils, it can make decisions that are necessary to ensure a smooth transition and to secure ongoing and future best value in service delivery. A short period of continuity reduces the risk of disruption to core service delivery for Burnley Borough residents in the immediate aftermath of reorganisation. The extension of this agreement falls within the remit of the permitted modifications to public procurement rules within schedule 8 regulation 74 of the Procurement Act 2023. This extension, in advance of LGR in Lancashire, will also align Burnley's Liberata contract end date with that of Pendle Council's. In addition to the reasons for the contract extension set out above, given the shared resources across the contracts, Burnley's exit from the contract by the current date of 31st December 2027, could have destabilising effect for services in Pendle.
- Number of bids
- Not stated on the held notice
- Above the procurement threshold
- Yes
- Framework agreement
- Not stated on the held notice
- Marked suitable for small firms
- Not stated on the held notice
Awards
Award. Status: Pending. Award date: Not stated on the held notice. Lot 1.
- LIBERATA UK LIMITED: Large
Lots
| Lot | Title | Status | Contract period | Latest possible end |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 | Not stated on the held notice | Complete | Not stated on the held notice | Not stated on the held notice |
Options and renewal
- Award, renewal: Yes
At the discretion of the council
Source: held original Find a Tender notices 034382-2026, read offline. Each field shows what the latest held notice stating it says. Not stated means no held notice for this process states it. A size is shown only where the notice states it for that supplier.
Contract period
No contract period with a start and a later end is stated. Option and renewal wording is shown above where a held notice states it.
Notice description
The further extension of the agreement to deliver outsourced services, via a deed of variation, on behalf of Burnley Borough Council to include Revenues and Benefits, Customer Services and IT Services within a strategic partnership with Liberata UK Ltd.
Contact removal rule: contacts/1.
Separate stated values
Award amount 2
£7,720,667
VAT basis unknown. No amounts are added together or allocated to individual suppliers. This is not a payment.
No ceiling or maximum amount is in this export. The official notice is the place to read one.
Held stage events
- : award
- : contract
Dates are the publication dates of the held stage notices. This is not a complete release history. The tender deadline is shown above where a held notice states it.
Suppliers
- LIBERATA UK LIMITED
GB-COH: 01238274
This list gathers every supplier named on any held award. Each award and its suppliers are shown above. Names without an organisation identity remain withheld pending review.
Sources
fts_raw_2026-04-01_2026-05-01.json.gz
- Publisher
- Find a Tender
- SHA256
- 0eba3aed4150c3c76f7c1ac1dc29b1749a10c4d5d2e47280a0fd44f512a1ddfb
- Licence
- Not recorded in held file
- Retrieved
- Original retrieval time not recorded
Official notice 034382-2026
- Publisher
- Find a Tender
- SHA256
- ae45b8a3f1544aaa4eabe07b35c66195adb1c758270b38a0b491c53e49e79c02
- Licence
- See held source file
- Retrieved
- Original retrieval time not recorded
What this export cannot show
Award values are not linked to a named supplier, and no ceiling or maximum amount is shown. Those facts stay on the official notice when the notice publishes them. A tender deadline, award dates, supplier sizes, lots, and option or renewal wording appear on contract pages only where a held notice states them. A held process counts as last at tender or planning only when that is the latest stage among the held releases. Where more than one supplier is named, the names are joint and no share is stated.