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
- Canterbury Christ Church University · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Simac IDS Ltd
- Value
- £268,776
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Educational software development services (CPV 72212190)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 061606-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Sep 2025
- Published2 Oct 2025Published 31 days after the contract date
Description
Single system to record student attendance
About the supplier
Simac IDS Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11129016).