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
- Oxford City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Virgin Media Business Limited SME
- Value
- £166,490
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Postal & telecoms services · Telecommunications services (CPV 64200000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 024913-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Mar 2026
- Published19 Mar 2026Published 2 days after the contract date
Description
Direct Award on Framework RM6098 Lot 1 Hardware and Software and Associated Services. 1 year contract.
About the supplier
Virgin Media Business Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01785381).