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
- VIVID Housing Ltd · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Granicus-Firmstep Ltd SME
- Value
- £142,451
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Customer Relation Management software development services (CPV 72212445)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 049868-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 May 2026
- Published27 May 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
Creation of customer engagement platform and annual license fees for 3 years. Contract has been awarded via CCS G-Cloud 14 framework.
About the supplier
Granicus-Firmstep Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04283951).