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
- Kent County Council (t/a HR Connect) · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Softcat Plc
- Value
- £1,087,506.46
- 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
- 017944-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Feb 2026
- Published27 Feb 2026Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
Procurement of supplier to build and maintain a jobs portal and applicant tracking system for the education market
About the supplier
Softcat Plc: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02174990).