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
- Change Network Limited
- Value
- £430,000
- 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
- London
- Official notice
- 059257-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Apr 2026
- Published24 Jun 2026Published 57 days after the contract date
Description
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (RBKC) has awarded a Service Contract to Change Network Limited for the provision of support services related to a cyber incident. The contract was procured via direct award under the G-Cloud 14 framework Lot 3- Cloud Support . The contract was established for 8 months and commenced in May 2026.
About the supplier
Change Network Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 14845149).