Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Specialist Computer Centres PLC SME
- Value
- £478,791
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Information systems (CPV 48810000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 000789-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Dec 2025
- Published6 Jan 2026Published 18 days after the contract date
Description
Further competition for supply of Panasonic Toughbooks CF-33 MK4 Tablets, ref. C25033 conducted under the CCS RM6098 Technology Products and Associated Services 2 Framework Agreement Lot 1.
About the supplier
Specialist Computer Centres PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01428210).