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
- Ministry of Defence · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Akhter Computers Ltd
- Value
- £190,445.24
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Computer platforms (CPV 30211300)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 013355-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date29 Jan 2026
- Published13 Feb 2026Published 15 days after the contract date
Description
Procurement of specialist Hardware and software
About the supplier
Akhter Computers Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02253061).