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
- Birmingham City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Simpson Associates Information Services Limited SME
- Value
- £202,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Software-related services (CPV 72260000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 005724-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Jan 2026
- Published22 Jan 2026Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
The Authority intends to modify a below threshold with Simpsons by £50k taking the total contract value to £202k. The initial contract value was for application development and 12 months support. Some problems were encountered with the development meaning the contract value has increased along with additional time for on going support for the application and database. The Authority does not have the expertise/resource to take on the support role, so at least in the medium term its very likely Simpsons will need to provide support from Dec 26 to Dec 27.
About the supplier
Simpson Associates Information Services Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03442572).