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
- The Department for the Economy · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- ITS Computing
- Value
- £2,366,660
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Official notice
- 001613-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Jan 2026
- Published8 Jan 2026Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
Department for the Economy require continuous provision and support of their Insolvency Service ICT Application (BABS).
About the supplier
ITS Computing: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company NI036763).