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
- Idox Software Ltd SME
- Value
- £55,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 030220-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Mar 2026
- Published1 Apr 2026Published 14 days after the contract date
Description
Direct award under the CCS Framework Agreement Vertical Application Solutions RM6259
About the supplier
Idox Software Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02933889).