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
- Darlington Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £660,106
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 042532-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Mar 2026
- Published8 May 2026Published 57 days after the contract date
Description
Software for Revenues and Benefits - SaaS and associated modules with support and maintenance
About the supplier
NEC Software Solutions UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00968498).