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
- Halton Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Gaist Solutions Limited SME
- Value
- £200,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 061626-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Jun 2025
- Published1 Jul 2026Published 371 days after the contract date
Description
Versatile web based data management system that is capable of handling asset information, not limited to highways asset information. This is referred to in these documents as the 'Road Asset Management System' (RAMS). The RAMS will be used to visualise the condition, location and history of a range of asset types, in context with other spatial data. The scope of work is in two parts; • Part 1 - Data Collection - In order to provide suitable data to allow the effective modelling as covered in Part Two below the Tenderer shall undertake a physical survey of the highways and footways network. • Part 2 - Deterioration and Lifecycle Modelling - In order to understand the medium to long term deterioration of the highways network, and then model the implications of any given investment/maintenance regime, the Tenderer shall make available online deterioration and investment modelling software as a service, using the SaaS (Software as a Service) principle.
About the supplier
Gaist Solutions Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06905411).