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
- Chelmer Housing Partnership Limited · Social Housing Association
- Supplier
- Access Paysuite Ltd
- Value
- £242,616.67
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Financial & insurance services · International payment transfer services (CPV 66115000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 001866-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Dec 2025
- Published9 Jan 2026Published 28 days after the contract date
Description
CHP required a contract for Electronic payment services for payments of rent and service charges which included rent cards, payments over the telephone and using the internet. This contract has been awarded for two years with no option to extend further.
About the supplier
Access Paysuite Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04595169).