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
- Kent Fire & Rescue Service · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Sopra Steria Limited
- Value
- £267,582
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Miscellaneous software package and computer systems (CPV 48900000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 038397-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date8 Jul 2025
- Published8 Jul 2025Published the same day
Description
This notice relates to an interim extension of the current contract for the provision of a Control System (Computer Aided Dispatch - CAD) used in operational incident response. The extension is required to maintain continuity of critical services while a replacement system, which has been procured via an open tender procedure, is implemented. The scope and terms of the contract remain unchanged. The extension is time-limited and necessary to ensure service continuity during the transition and onboarding of the new CAD platform. This modification is considered compliant with Regulation 72(1)(b)(c) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015
About the supplier
Sopra Steria Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04077975).