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
- Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Softcat PLC
- Value
- £3,296,624
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Industry specific software package (CPV 48100000)
- Official notice
- 031915-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date8 Apr 2026
- Published8 Apr 2026Published the same day
Description
Direct Award via a Framework
About the supplier
Softcat PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02174990).