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
- Cheshire East Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- VIA Technologies Europe BV
- Value
- £170,780
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 001998-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Jan 2026
- Published9 Jan 2026Published the same day
Description
A booking and scheduling system to enable the operation of a demand-responsive transport (DRT) service. This is a flexible service that does not operate fixed routes or timetables, instead providing shared transport to users who specify their desired location and time of pick-up and drop-off. This contract is awarded under the Crown Commercial Service G Cloud 14 framework agreement - 2025/S 000-043195 Value of £170,780 is ex VAT
About the supplier
VIA Technologies Europe BV: every public contract they have won.