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
- Ministry of Defence · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- PA Consulting Services Ltd
- Value
- £130,680
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Official notice
- 001328-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jan 2026
- Published8 Jan 2026Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of specialist services under a secure framework agreement. Due to the sensitive nature of the requirement, detailed information is withheld in accordance with Regulation 21 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
About the supplier
PA Consulting Services Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00414220).