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
- SoftwareONE UK Ltd
- Value
- £1,758,307
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 025554-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Mar 2026
- Published20 Mar 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
Provision of Microsoft 365 and associated licences for three years to meet needs of organisation. Tendered via CCS Framework RM6098.
About the supplier
SoftwareONE UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06629601).