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
- Bytes Software Services Limited SME
- Value
- £221,573
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Software supply services (CPV 72268000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 042207-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Apr 2026
- Published8 May 2026Published 24 days after the contract date
Description
Hull City Council (The Authority) has directly awarded a contract, via the KCS Commercial Service Group, Software Products and Associated Services Lot (Y203065), to Bytes Software Services Limited (Company Number: 01616977) for a Microsoft 365 Backup Service (Keepit system) for a term of three years from 14 April 2026 to 13 April 2029 at a total cost of £221,573.00.
About the supplier
Bytes Software Services Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01616977).