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
- Nottingham College · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Softcat Plc
- Value
- £325,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Telecoms equipment · Networks (CPV 32400000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 061068-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Jun 2026
- Published30 Jun 2026Published the same day
Description
Purchase of Firewalls
About the supplier
Softcat Plc: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02174990).