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
- Southampton City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Unicard Ltd SME
- Value
- £243,641.60
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Transport support & travel · Travel services (CPV 63515000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 013057-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Feb 2025
- Published4 Apr 2025Published 35 days after the contract date
Description
SMARTCITIES SOFTWARE for concessionary bus passes, Itchen Bridge cards and Solent Go cards • HOPS • Card Management System • Concessionary Online Portal using Experian • Card Production • Itchen Bridge Southampton Postcode Address File
About the supplier
Unicard Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04817824).