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
- The Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- XMA Limited
- Value
- £461,481
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 062367-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Aug 2025
- Published6 Oct 2025Published 39 days after the contract date
Description
IT Service Management Tool to support digital services across the organisation, including licences, support and maintenance.
About the supplier
XMA Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02051703).