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
- Lancashire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Route Reports Limited SME
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Digital mapping system (CPV 48326100)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 052713-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 May 2026
- Published4 Jun 2026Published 14 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of AI-powered solution through vehicle-mounted cameras and computer vision to detect and measure length, width and depth of potholes.
About the supplier
Route Reports Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11014256).