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
- Cabinet Office · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Epiq Systems Limited SME
- Value
- £134,657.46
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Sales, marketing and business intelligence software development services (CPV 72212480)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 019600-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Feb 2026
- Published4 Mar 2026Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
To meet the demands of a fresh disclosure exercise, the Cabinet Office requires the use of an e-Disclosure platform. The platform must be ready to use within 24-36 hours (from date of contract signature) and able to: ● Host material up to OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE level; ● Store material for at least three months; ● Possess adequate functionality, including machine learning, to support document review and analytics; ● Possesses appropriate security measures, encryption and audit trails The supplier must also be able to quickly stand-up an experienced Document Review Service (DRS), if required.
About the supplier
Epiq Systems Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05343223).