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
- Halton Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Dell Corporation Limited
- Value
- £286,440
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 050475-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Apr 2026
- Published28 May 2026Published 38 days after the contract date
Description
Network Discovery Tool and Managed Service awarded via NHS Shared Business Services (SBS10510) Digital Workplace Solutions 2
About the supplier
Dell Corporation Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02081369).