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
- Cheshire Constabulary on behalf of Cheshire Fire Authority · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- LearnPro Efireservice Ltd SME
- Value
- £320,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Software support services (CPV 72261000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 020660-2023 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2022
- Published18 Jul 2023Published 473 days after the contract date
Description
Following an ITT in 2015 Contracts were awarded to LearnPro Ltd and PDRPro Ltd for the provision of the two systems. Since then it has been necessary to purchase the Licences to use the systems software from LearnPro Ltd and PDRPro, who have now joined to form a single company, EFireservice Ltd, A2 Building R1010, Cody Technology Park, Ively Road, Farnborough, England, GU14 0LX, registration Number 09570924. EFireservice has granted Cheshire Fire Authority licences to continue to use the software for a further three [3] years with the option to extend for up to two [2] further years. Only EFireservice Ltd can provide the licences for their software. It is therefore intended to award a contract to EFireservice Ltd under a VEAT notice, in accordance with section 32 b) ii of the Procurement Contract Regulations 2015. Total spend for the LearnPro licences over the maximum five [5] year term would be approximately £150,00. Total spend for the PDRPro licences over the maximum five [5] year …
About the supplier
LearnPro Efireservice Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09570924).