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
- Cheshire East Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Virgin Media Limited
- Value
- £900,408
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Internet services (CPV 72400000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 047572-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Aug 2025
- Published11 Aug 2025Published 4 days after the contract date
Description
Wide Area Network (WAN) services and equipment
About the supplier
Virgin Media Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01785381).