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
- Salford City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Kingsfield Computer Products Ltd SME
- Value
- £499,774.98
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Personal computers (CPV 30213000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 001774-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jan 2026
- Published9 Jan 2026Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
A mini competition was held between all suppliers in Lot 2 of the Crown Commercial Services RM6098 Technology Products and Associated Services.
About the supplier
Kingsfield Computer Products Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03357539).