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
- Cotswold District Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Dell Corporation Limited
- Value
- £28,926
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Portable computers (CPV 30213100)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 006778-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Dec 2025
- Published26 Jan 2026Published 38 days after the contract date
Description
IT equipment refresh for 50 x Dell Pro 14 PC14250 laptops.
About the supplier
Dell Corporation Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02081369).