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
- West Midlands Combined Authority · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Experian Ltd
- Value
- £175,980
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Data management services (CPV 72322000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 006613-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Jan 2026
- Published26 Jan 2026Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
Procurement of a segmentation tool to provide actionable citizen insights, enabling WMCA to design better services, influence behaviour change, and improve communications across its strategic priorities
About the supplier
Experian Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00653331).