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
- Police And Crime Commissioner For Durham · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Microsoft limited
- Value
- £412,602.11
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Software support services (CPV 72261000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 062226-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Apr 2025
- Published3 Oct 2025Published 162 days after the contract date
Description
S&M for Microsoft Applications Date Awarded 23/04/2025 Start Date 24/04/2025 End Date 23/04/2028 1 x 12 Month optional extension options
About the supplier
Microsoft limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01624297).