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
- Gateshead Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Civica UK Limited
- Value
- £342,375
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Industry specific software package (CPV 48100000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 062126-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Sep 2025
- Published3 Oct 2025Published 17 days after the contract date
Description
Direct Award using Crown Commercial Services RM6259 Vertical Application Solutions Framework Lot 1 Business Applications
About the supplier
Civica UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01628868).