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
- Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Phoenix Software Ltd
- Value
- £7,800,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Software-related services (CPV 72260000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 058445-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 May 2026
- Published22 Jun 2026Published 52 days after the contract date
Description
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (RBKC) has awarded a Service Contract to Phoenix Software Limited for the delivery of the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement. The contract was procured via an aggregated Further Competition under the RM6098 Technology Products and Associated Services 2 framework. The contract was established for 3 years and commenced on 1 June 2026.
About the supplier
Phoenix Software Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02548628).