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
- Gloucestershire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Kingsfield Computer Products Limited SME
- Value
- £351,215
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Personal computers (CPV 30213000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 043106-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Jun 2025
- Published25 Jul 2025Published 36 days after the contract date
Description
Supply of 380 Microsoft Surface equipment using Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Technology Products & Associated Services 2 Framework Agreement (RM6098) Lot 8
About the supplier
Kingsfield Computer Products Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03357539).