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
- Greater Manchester Combined Authority · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- WPC Software Limited SME
- Value
- £124,800
- 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 West
- Official notice
- 057825-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Sep 2025
- Published18 Sep 2025Published 2 days after the contract date
Description
Vetting system for police officers, staff and contractors. Contracted using a Crown Commercial Services GCloud14 call off. Contracted by Greater Manchester Combined Authority for Greater Manchester Police.
About the supplier
WPC Software Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03510785).