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
- Cheshire Fire Authority · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Talos 360 Ltd SME
- Value
- £70,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 026958-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Mar 2026
- Published24 Mar 2026Published 15 days after the contract date
Description
Direct Award under G Cloud as only one supplier met all requirements
About the supplier
Talos 360 Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06824959).