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
- Poplar Housing and Regeneration Community Association Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Softcat PLC
- Value
- £590,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 026129-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Mar 2026
- Published23 Mar 2026Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
Microsoft Enterprise Agreement covering 373 E5 users, 105 F3 users with security and compliance addons, and other sundry associated licenses, with option to purchase more licenses as reuqired.
About the supplier
Softcat PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02174990).