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
- The Planning Inspectorate · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Xma Ltd
- Value
- £10,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages (CPV 30000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 050393-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 May 2026
- Published28 May 2026Published 14 days after the contract date
Description
Supply of hardware, including but not limited to: Desktops Laptop Monitors Mouse/Keyboard and peripherals Build/Configuration Service support including Break/Fix Disposal Asset tagging & management.
About the supplier
Xma Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02051703).