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 And Crime Commissioner For Durham · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Oracle Corporation UK Limited
- Value
- £75,345.27
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · License management software package (CPV 48218000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 035679-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date4 Apr 2026
- Published20 Apr 2026Published 16 days after the contract date
Description
Required to legally use Oracle software, and access technical support, security patches, and product updates.
About the supplier
Oracle Corporation UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01782505).