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
- Transport for Greater Manchester · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Softwire Technology Limited
- Value
- £1,650,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Software programming and consultancy services (CPV 72200000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 034402-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Jun 2025
- Published23 Jun 2025Published 4 days after the contract date
Description
The original contract was awarded to Softwire Technology Limited following a mini-competition under the Crown Commercial Service's Digital Outcomes and Specialists 5 (DOS5) framework agreement (RM1043.7), Lot 1. The procurement was conducted by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) in full compliance with the framework terms and was established to cover the design, development, and early operational support of the Bee Network mobile application. The Bee Network App forms a key element of TfGM's customer-facing digital proposition. It supports sustainable travel across Greater Manchester by enabling users to access real-time travel information, plan multimodal journeys, and interact with the wider Bee Network transport system. The app has become a high-profile and critical tool in delivering a seamless and integrated public transport experience to users. The contract is structured around a Statement of Work (SOW) mechanism, with all work commissioned via TfGM-approved SOWs under agre…
About the supplier
Softwire Technology Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03824658).