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
- Liverpool City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Idox Software Limited
- Value
- £248,492.71
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Financial & insurance services · Treasury services (CPV 66600000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 007438-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Jan 2026
- Published28 Jan 2026Published the same day
Description
A back-office database solution to support the Council's Planning, Building Control, and Land Charges functions. The system is required for the Council to discharge its statutory duties, including processing planning applications, managing building regulations, and conducting local land charge searches
About the supplier
Idox Software Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02933889).