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
- Trent & Dove Housing Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Blacklight Software Ltd SME
- Value
- £900,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 046249-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 May 2026
- Published20 May 2026Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
To work collaboratively as a Partner with Trent & Dove Housing Ltd to provide Technical Services to analyse and resolve Technical Debt, building internal capability, providing technical support and Delivery of Strategic Change Projects.
About the supplier
Blacklight Software Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06984990).