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
- UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Insight Direct UK Ltd
- Value
- £1,288,556.49
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Network management software services (CPV 72511000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 002311-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Jan 2026
- Published12 Jan 2026Published 6 days after the contract date
Description
Supply and installation of a new Network Detection and Response (NDR) solution for STFC. Additional information: This procurement is a call-off on the Health Trust Europe ICT Solutions 3 Framework.
About the supplier
Insight Direct UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02579852).