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
- Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Brightly Software Limited SME
- Value
- £58,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Computer-related professional services (CPV 72590000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 021826-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jan 2026
- Published11 Mar 2026Published 69 days after the contract date
Description
Direct Award in respect of licences for existing Highways Asset Management software.
About the supplier
Brightly Software Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 12838751).