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
- Ofqual · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- SoftwareONE UK Ltd
- Value
- £318,272.82
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 044967-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Aug 2025
- Published15 May 2026Published 268 days after the contract date
Description
To identify and secure a single supplier capable of meeting the company's current software requirements.
About the supplier
SoftwareONE UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06629601).