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
- Hull City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- WCL UK Ltd t/a Everything ICT
- Value
- £149,679.25
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Security software development services (CPV 72212730)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 040949-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Mar 2026
- Published5 May 2026Published 39 days after the contract date
Description
To approve the direct award of a contract to Smoothwall Limited (Companies House No. 04298247) via the everythingict.org framework for a period of three years, at a total cost of £149,679.25. Contact to commence 1st April 2026 and to expire 31st March 2029.
About the supplier
WCL UK Ltd t/a Everything ICT: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07689604).