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
- Bedford Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Itelligent-I SME
- Value
- £985,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Community & personal services · Other community, social and personal services (CPV 98000000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 025253-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Mar 2026
- Published19 Mar 2026Published 13 days after the contract date
Description
Down selection process via Crown Commercial Services G Cloud 14 Framework agreement
About the supplier
Itelligent-I: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10667062).