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
- Genomics England Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Insight Direct (UK) Ltd
- Value
- £49,282.56
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Software programming and consultancy services (CPV 72200000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 008702-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Nov 2025
- Published31 Jan 2026Published 86 days after the contract date
Description
Software engineering services to support the Cancer Short Reads squad in updating and running the pipeline
About the supplier
Insight Direct (UK) Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02579852).