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
- UK Biobank Ltd · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Softcat PLC
- Value
- £3,000,000
- 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 East
- Official notice
- 034131-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2026
- Published15 Apr 2026Published 14 days after the contract date
Description
The Services to be provided by the Supplier under the above Lot are listed in Framework Schedule 4 and outlined below: ● AWS OGVA ● Softcat Cloud Fundamentals Service Additional information: The initial cost of Softcat's cloud Fundamentals services is £281,100 over the 3 year term. The estimated total value of the Call-Off Contract is set at £3,000,000 on a zero committed value basis (a detailed view of call-off is shown in Schedule 2). In addition, the Call‑Off Contract includes a minimum committed AWS OGVA spend over the term. This OGVA commitment is separate from, and not included within, the estimated Call‑Off Contract value stated above.
About the supplier
Softcat PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02174990).