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
- Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Upstream Outcomes Ltd
- Value
- £177,500
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 012416-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Mar 2025
- Published2 Apr 2025Published 27 days after the contract date
Description
G Cloud 14 has been used to select from a longlist, then shortlist and make a direct award to the chosen supplier.
About the supplier
Upstream Outcomes Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10955936).