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
- Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Blackhawk Network EMEA Limited
- Value
- £500,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 035175-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Mar 2026
- Published17 Apr 2026Published 17 days after the contract date
Description
The contract has been awarded from CCS RM6248 Lot 2 and Lot 3 through direct award call off procedure. The contractor will provide vouchers and pre-paid cards service. The contract is award for 1 year.
About the supplier
Blackhawk Network EMEA Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04155659).