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 Research & Innovation · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Serco Limited
- Value
- £460,140.81
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 007975-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Feb 2025
- Published5 Mar 2025Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
UK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Facility Centre had a requirement for the Eclipse system. Expression of Interest advertised during December 2024 and only 1 supplier can fulfil the requirement, which is the current supplier.
About the supplier
Serco Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00242246).