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
- West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- WCL UK Ltd t/a Everything ICT
- Value
- £189,420
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security (CPV 79000000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 008780-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Jan 2026
- Published2 Feb 2026Published 12 days after the contract date
Description
Direct award from Everything ICT Framework agreement. WCL(UK) Ltd, trading initially as Think IT and now as Everything ICT, won the procurement competition and operates the Framework on behalf of E2BN. The current iteration of the framework contract was let in July 2022 and will expire on 19 July 2026. The contract reference number is OJEU 2 022/S 000-008826
About the supplier
WCL UK Ltd t/a Everything ICT: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07689604).