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
- Ayrshire College · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Symmetry Ltd
- Value
- £304,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Software support services (CPV 72261000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 037735-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Jun 2025
- Published7 Jul 2025Published 34 days after the contract date
Description
This is a voluntary ex ante transparency notice (VEAT). Ayrshire College intends to award a contract for it's financial software system for 4 years.
About the supplier
Symmetry Ltd: every public contract they have won.