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 Export Finance · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Hitachi Solutions Europe Ltd
- Value
- £97,569
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Software development services (CPV 72262000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 007317-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Feb 2025
- Published26 Feb 2025Published 19 days after the contract date
Description
Contract Award Notice: Design and development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) bot to support internal HR function in UKEF via direct award under RM1557.14 G-Cloud 14.
About the supplier
Hitachi Solutions Europe Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04924233).