# Licences for Public Sonar

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [West Yorkshire Combined Authority](/buyers/west-yorkshire-combined-authority/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Softcat PLC](/contract-winners/softcat/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £280,000
- Tender value: £280,000
- Award date: 31 October 2025
- Published: 29 October 2025
- Contract start: 1 November 2025
- Contract end: 31 October 2029
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: ebd7776c-0ca3-4cfe-ac3e-60d1d9d056fc-870163
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-664e88da-91cd-484b-ab13-7604218b9372

## Description

A contract has been awarded via the Digital Workplace Solutions 2 SBS10510 Framework for the Provision of Public Sonar to overtly monitor and search publicly available data and collect real time information across social media\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ebd7776c-0ca3-4cfe-ac3e-60d1d9d056fc-870163)