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 Education Authority · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Fujitsu Services Limited
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · System and support services (CPV 72250000)
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Official notice
- 052127-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Nov 2015
- Published28 Aug 2025Published 3559 days after the contract date
Description
The contract is for an integrated Financial Management Information system and HR/Payroll (including DE's Teachers' payrolls) to meet the Financial Accounting and Reporting requirements and the HR management and Payroll requirements of the Education Authority and the Department of Eduction. Additional information: This VEAT is to inform the market of the proposal to modify this contract to enable the addition and introduction of an e-Invoicing Module to the iFS system. The introduction of this Module will involve the addition of £988,666.00 to the Overall Contract Value. The revised overall contract value would then be £40,188,666.00 There was a previous modification to this contract in June 2021. This modification under Reg 72(1)(b) was approved and awarded after publishing a VEAT and a Modification Notice in June 2021.
About the supplier
Fujitsu Services Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00096056).