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
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency · National or federal agency/office
- Supplier
- Microsoft limited
- Value
- £336,763
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 038906-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 Apr 2026
- Published29 Apr 2026Published 16 days after the contract date
Description
This notice is for transparency purposes only. This being procure by DVSA for Microsoft Unified Support
About the supplier
Microsoft limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01624297).