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
- Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Bright Links (UK) Limited SME
- Value
- £25,580
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Portable computers (CPV 30213100)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 025744-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Mar 2026
- Published20 Mar 2026Published the same day
Description
Supply of Microsoft Surface Laptop Copilot PC for Business - 7th Edition. Call-off contract under Lot 8 of the TePAS 2 framework agreement RM6098
About the supplier
Bright Links (UK) Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08528937).