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
- Academy Transformation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Phoenix Software Limited
- Value
- £394,928.64
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Software-related services (CPV 72260000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 010537-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Feb 2026
- Published5 Feb 2026Published the same day
Description
Provision of Microsoft licensing and associated services under the Education Enrolment for Education Solutions (EES) programme, including M365, security, infrastructure, and productivity applications. The call‑off is placed under the SUPC/Jisc National Framework for Software Licence Resellers (SLRA), Lot 1 - Microsoft EES. The framework's desktop calculator mechanism identified Phoenix Software Ltd as ranked supplier number 1 and therefore eligible for direct award. Additional information: 36-month agreement with no extension option.
About the supplier
Phoenix Software Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02548628).