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
- UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Somerford Associates Limited
- Value
- £589,945.44 across 2 lots
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 012825-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Jan 2026
- Published12 Feb 2026Published 17 days after the contract date
Description
Purchase of x600 OKTA licences. To provide a secure, scalable identity broker to enable single sign-on (SSO), strong authentication, and centralized access policies for workforce and contractors.
Lots in this award
| Lot | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Cybersecurity Licences - PP-UKIFS-507 | Somerford Associates Limited | £295k |
| Cybersecurity Licences - PP-UKIFS-507 | Somerford Associates Limited | £295k |
About the supplier
Somerford Associates Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04250112).