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
- Education Authority · Body governed by public law
- Suppliers
- Calvert Office Equipment Ltd SME, QLC Solutions Ltd SME, Xerox (UK) Limited
- Value
- £20,300,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages (CPV 30000000)
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Official notice
- 038569-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Jul 2025
- Published9 Jul 2025Published the same day
Description
Supply and Maintenance of Multi-Functional Devices and Photocopiers for Schools. Additional information: This VEAT is to inform the market of the proposal to extend the contract period by 5 months, up to 31st January 2026 and increase the contract award value by 30% (£4,350,000.00) in order to facilitate this.
About the suppliers
Calvert Office Equipment Ltd: every public contract they have won.
QLC Solutions Ltd: every public contract they have won.
Xerox (UK) Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00575914).