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
- Southampton City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Gamma Telecom Ltd
- Value
- £190,512
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Telecoms equipment · Networks (CPV 32400000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 053496-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Jun 2026
- Published5 Jun 2026Published the same day
Description
Operator Connect provision - telephone lines that run via Microsoft Teams.
About the supplier
Gamma Telecom Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04340834).