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
- St.Helens Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- GSS (NI) limited (PlotBox) SME
- Value
- £124,950
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Software programming and consultancy services (CPV 72200000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 021509-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Jun 2025
- Published10 Mar 2026Published 253 days after the contract date
Description
Administration Software for Bereavement Services
About the supplier
GSS (NI) limited (PlotBox): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company NI606324).