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
- Sunderland City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- CAE Technology Services Ltd
- Value
- £69,427.88
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Industry specific software package (CPV 48100000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 002549-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Nov 2025
- Published13 Jan 2026Published 71 days after the contract date
Description
Sunderland City Council has awarded a 3-year contract for the purchase of Firewall Licences.
About the supplier
CAE Technology Services Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02685146).