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
- London Borough of Camden · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Rowanwood Professional Services Limited SME
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 004098-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Jan 2026
- Published16 Jan 2026Published 9 days after the contract date
Description
APEX is the core Asset Management Application used by Camden to manage its buildings & other assets. It is currently used as an on-prem solution to manage property assets for safety and risk management regarding Asbestos, Energy management and Risk management such as Fire Risks and surveying. The Council intends to source APEX v19.1 SaaS to address critical performance, supportability, and operational issues with the current on-prem APEX v17 system which the vendor now no longer provides enhancements or patches for.
About the supplier
Rowanwood Professional Services Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10823831).