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
- Kingston Upon Hull City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Softcat PLC
- Value
- £84,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Backup or recovery software package (CPV 48710000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 048984-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
-
- Contract date17 Jul 2025
- Published15 Aug 2025Published 29 days after the contract date
Description
To Direct award a contract for an on-premise backup solution from CCS Framework - RM6098 - TePAS 2 to Softcat PLC for 3 years with the option to extend for a further 1 year. 2. The estimated value of the contract is approximately £21,000 per annum. The total value of the contract will be £64,000 and if the option to extend for 12 months is taken then the total value of the contract over 4 years will be £84,000.
About the supplier
Softcat PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02174990).