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
- Scottish Enterprise · Regional or local agency/office
- Value
- £240,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Miscellaneous business and business-related services (CPV 79900000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 048791-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 May 2026
- Published26 May 2026Published the same day
Description
LinkedIn are the B2B Social Media supplier who can give access to tens of millions of C Suite prospects worldwide (800m+ membership); other networks are not viable for SDI having a fraction of this global membership in terms of companies and networks SDI may wish to engage with. The licences are procured directly with no agency fee markup and no VAT charge. This contract will be for 12 months with the option to extend for a further 3 periods of 12 months.
About the supplier
Linkedin Ireland Unlimited Company: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00477441).