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
- Wolverhampton City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- British Telecommunications PLC
- Value
- £349,211.67
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Telecoms equipment · Networks (CPV 32400000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 053020-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Mar 2026
- Published4 Jun 2026Published 65 days after the contract date
Description
Wolverhampton City Council has awarded a contract using the Government Commercial Agency (RM6116) - Network Services 3 Framework agreement - LOT 1A for Urban Traffic Control Managed Wide Area Network (WAN)
About the supplier
British Telecommunications PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01800000).