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
- South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Insight Direct (UK) Ltd
- Value
- £77,624.99
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 011940-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Jan 2026
- Published10 Feb 2026Published 11 days after the contract date
Description
This contract is for the renewal of Read&Write software from TextHelp. Since 2019 SYP have utilised the accessibility software Read&Write. There is currently a forcewide licence for this software used as a reasonable adjustment mainly for dyslexia. The software provides screen masking, talk to text option and read aloud. Evaluation of effectiveness for this software is undertaken by the Equality Hub. This project will work with reseller Insight to put in place a longer term contract of 2 years with 2 x 12 month extension options.
About the supplier
Insight Direct (UK) Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02579852).