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
- Buckinghamshire Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Open Systems Lab Ltd SME
- Value
- £60,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Software supply services (CPV 72268000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 016601-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 May 2025
- Published24 Feb 2026Published 291 days after the contract date
Description
PlanX as a fully hosted software service in order to support digital planning services.
About the supplier
Open Systems Lab Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09152368).