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
- Salix Finance Ltd · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Pheonix Software Ltd
- Value
- £42,360
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · System and support services (CPV 72250000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 058664-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Sep 2025
- Published22 Sep 2025Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
Server support for Salix Finance. Additional information: Followed G-Cloud 14 buyers guidance, following a longlisting and shortlisting, there was only one suitable supplier to direct award the services contract to.
About the supplier
Pheonix Software Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02548628).