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
- Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Xledger UK SME
- Value
- £178,132.65
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Software programming and consultancy services (CPV 72200000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 025951-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Mar 2026
- Published20 Mar 2026Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
The contract was awarded as a direct award via the Crown Commercial Service G‑Cloud 14 framework (RM1557.14) following evaluation of available services on the Digital Marketplace. The selected supplier’s offering was identified as the most suitable to meet the College’s requirements.
About the supplier
Xledger UK: every public contract they have won.