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
- British Tourist Authority t/a VisitBritain/VisitEngland · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Oxford Economics SME
- Value
- £329,851
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Analytical, scientific, mathematical or forecasting software package (CPV 48460000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 045588-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jul 2025
- Published4 Aug 2025Published 34 days after the contract date
Description
Call Off Contract award under Crown Commercial Services framework agreement RM6126 Research & Insights using a further competition
About the supplier
Oxford Economics: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01557776).