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
- £7,228,047.54
- 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
- 006136-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Jan 2026
- Published23 Jan 2026Published 17 days after the contract date
Description
STFC are procuring, via direct award through HTE framework ICT solution 3, for the replacement Fortinet firewall hardware to extend the life of, and improve the performance of, our site firewalling to cope with the increasing volumes of scientific data that flow on / off / through our sites whilst being exposed to the ever increasing security risks faced by modern networks.
About the supplier
Insight Direct UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02579852).