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
- Peterborough City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Mri Software Limited
- Value
- £1,457,198
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 024450-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 Mar 2026
- Published18 Mar 2026Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
A variation to the contract is required to include templating, forms and automation products that complement the existing product and replace the current manual processes. The original contract was to supply revenue and benefits software to the Council. The contract has been in place since April 2022. A variation to the contract is required to include templating, forms and automation products that complement the existing product at an additional cost to replace the existing manual processes. The current software is unable to provide more 'intelligent' forms and automation, and there is no option to devleop these within the current provision. If an alternative provider is appointed to deliver these additional requirements, they would need to purchase the current suppliers MRI APIs to allow integration with their software. This integration exceeds the cost of the software and may incur additional risks associated with compatibility. In varying the curretn contract so that the supplier p…
About the supplier
Mri Software Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03341304).