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
- Education Authority · Body governed by public law
- Suppliers
- Bolinda UK Ltd. SME, Overdrive INC.
- Value
- £10,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Recreation, culture & sport · Library services (CPV 92511000)
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Official notice
- 009862-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 May 2021
- Published18 Mar 2025Published 1390 days after the contract date
Description
ICT-20-022 — E-Books and Downloadable Audio Books for Libraries NI for the period 1 January 2021 to 31 March 2022 with the option to extend for up to a further 36 months.
About the suppliers
Bolinda UK Ltd.: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05086231).
Overdrive INC.: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04405982).