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
- London North Eastern Railway Ltd. · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- VIX
- Value
- £32,000,000
- 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
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 041439-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Dec 2024
- Published23 Dec 2024Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
LNER is procuring on its own behalf and will enter into the relevant contract documents where such contracts are awarded. However, the contract documents also permit the use or transfer of contracts to Transferee Train Operating Companies, or Parent Owning Group. In the event that such provisions are utilised, this procurement is also to be for the benefit of the Transferee Train Operating Companies and their Parent Owning Group in accordance with regulation 56 of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016. However, LNER is responsible for the conduct of the procurement throughout and all correspondence and communication from suppliers is to be solely with LNER The meaning of Transferee Train Operating Companies includes all those train operating companies who, currently or in the future, provide services for the carriage of passengers by railway: a) under a franchise agreement with the Secretary of State within the meaning of section 23(3) of the Railways Act 1993 or b) under, or secur…
About the supplier
VIX: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03039051).