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
- North Tyneside Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Civica UK Ltd
- Value
- £36,947.50
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Software programming and consultancy services (CPV 72200000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 030445-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Feb 2026
- Published1 Apr 2026Published 32 days after the contract date
Description
North Tyneside Council have direct awarded through the Crown Commercial Services Vertical Applications Solutions Framework. Following the overarching NEC product as previously procured, the Authority needed to reprocure for an additional year with Keystone to ensure the product remains functional until the wider NEC product is ready for use.
About the supplier
Civica UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01628868).