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
- Gentoo Group · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Phoenix Software Limited
- Value
- £1,156,708.41
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 054571-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2026
- Published10 Jun 2026Published 70 days after the contract date
Description
Microsoft Licences required - direct award
About the supplier
Phoenix Software Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02548628).