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
- North West Fire Control · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Frequentis (UK) Limited SME
- Value
- £15,275,577
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Information technology services (CPV 72222300)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 062689-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Jan 2025
- Published3 Jul 2026Published 529 days after the contract date
Description
****1 | Since commencement of the contract there have been delays to development and implementation and as a result the delivery of the contract is expected to be delayed as set out. Milestone Number - Milestone Title [Contractual Date / Anticipated Delay Date]. 1 - Detailed Implementation Plan and Project Start-Up Documentation [11-Jul-25 / 3-Aug-26]. 2 - Installation/setup, commissioning and configuration, plus Testing [18-Nov-25 / 3-Sep-26]. 3 - Satisfactory Completion of Integration testing[6-Feb-26 /19-Apr-27]. 4 - Site Acceptance Test (SAT) complete [4-Mar-26 / 26-Aug-27]. 5 - Readiness for service (data migration (and Testing), training and go live) [1-Apr-26 / 16-Sep-27]. 6 - 3 months live operation with no Major Faults [1-Jul-26 / 23-Dec-27]. It is not proposed that that as a result of these delays there will be any modifications to the Contract. Rather the delay will be shown in the Detailed Implementation Plan as 'Anticipated Delay'. Additional information: Review Body: Roy…
About the supplier
Frequentis (UK) Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02704890).