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
- Sunderland City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Idox Software Limited
- Value
- £50,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Industry specific software package (CPV 48100000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 019240-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Feb 2026
- Published3 Mar 2026Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
Please note this contract has already been awarded and is being published for transparency purposes only. Sunderland City Council has awarded a contract for the Provision of a Cloud Based Multichannel Directory Platform. The contract commences on 1st April 2026 for a period of 12-months with the option to extend for a further 12-months at the complete discretion of the Council.
About the supplier
Idox Software Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02933889).