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
- Financial Ombudsman Service · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Hippo Digital Limited
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Computer-related professional services (CPV 72590000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 038271-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 May 2025
- Published8 Jul 2025Published 39 days after the contract date
Description
Development of a 'digital front door' prototype.
About the supplier
Hippo Digital Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09877239).