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
- Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Jumping Rivers Ltd SME
- Value
- £1,197,369
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · IT software package (CPV 48517000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 006397-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Dec 2025
- Published23 Jan 2026Published 39 days after the contract date
Description
Since May 2022, DEFRA has utilised Posit Services as a critical and comprehensive publishing solution that enables data scientists to upload data models and insights for stakeholder review. Posit licenses enable data scientists to analyse data and create models and content which is then published on the Connect platform for stakeholders to view. These licenses (and their associated Services) are critical for DEFRA to be able to provide insights and information to a range of stakeholders, ensuring transparency is maximised and that trust is built between parties involved.<br/> <br/>Discussions were held with Project team to understand market and solutions that would meet the requirements. Given the requirements for a Cloud Software solution, it was felt that the use of the G-Cloud 14 framework offered the best route to market for the purchase of the Posit Service. A downselect was conducted via G-Cloud 14 (as the requirements met the scope of the contract for a Cloud Solution) in accor…
About the supplier
Jumping Rivers Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10113980).