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
- Avon Fire Authority · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £923,826.20
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 008116-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date29 Sep 2025
- Published29 Jan 2026Published 122 days after the contract date
Description
Procurement of the Microsoft licences under the agreement via NFC190 CCS Microsoft Aggregation, Lot 2.
About the supplier
Ultima Business Solutions Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02521249).