RFP QuestBeta
Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Northumberland County Council

AI powered transcription and summarisation platform for frontline workers

Software & IT SystemsCPV 48000000
Value£314k
Awarded1 May 2026
Published11 Jun 2026
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£314ktotal contract value
median £91k
this tender£0£1.1m

This is a large award for Software & IT Systems — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 30,286 valued Software & IT Systems tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Beam Notes is an AI-powered platform for public sector Organisations.

Beam Notes helps frontline staff save significant time by automating administrative tasks such as transcription, report generation, and data extraction from documents and conversations.

It is created and operated by Beam Up Ltd, a leader in tech-enabled welfare services for local government.

This is a 3-year contract to Beam Up Ltd, covering the period 8th June 2026, to 7th June 2029, including a further 1-year extension option subject to performance, at a total cost of up to £313.5k, under the CCS G-Cloud 14 RM1557.14 Framework Agreement.

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3 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Crown Commercial Service frameworkFrameworks & routes to market
This is a 3-year contract to Beam Up Ltd, covering the period 8th June 2026, to 7th June 2029, including a further 1-year extension option subject to performance, at a total cost of up to £313.5k, under the CCS G-Cloud 14 RM1557.14 Framework Agreement.
Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market
This is a 3-year contract to Beam Up Ltd, covering the period 8th June 2026, to 7th June 2029, including a further 1-year extension option subject to performance, at a total cost of up to £313.5k, under the CCS G-Cloud 14 RM1557.14 Framework Agreement.
G-Cloud / Digital MarketplaceFrameworks & routes to market
This is a 3-year contract to Beam Up Ltd, covering the period 8th June 2026, to 7th June 2029, including a further 1-year extension option subject to performance, at a total cost of up to £313.5k, under the CCS G-Cloud 14 RM1557.14 Framework Agreement.

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Stage
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