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
- Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A Nexus · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Akhter Computers Ltd
- Value
- £844,406.91
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Information technology services (CPV 72222300)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 033935-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Apr 2026
- Published14 Apr 2026Published the same day
Description
Contract awarded for IT backup and recovery solution. This is a Mini-competition under CCS framework RM6098 lot 1.
About the supplier
Akhter Computers Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02253061).