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
- Education Authority · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Version 1 Solutions Limited SME
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Official notice
- 005665-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date8 Aug 2023
- Published18 Feb 2025Published 560 days after the contract date
Description
The Education Authority carried out a procurement to further develop the Unified Customer Experience for EA Admissions, Transport, SEN and Free School Meals for the period 4 September 2023 - 3 September 2025 (with the option of a further 12 months extension). This was a mini competition via CCS Framework Digital Outcomes 6 Lot 1.
About the supplier
Version 1 Solutions Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03438874).