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
- Met Office · Central Government
- Supplier
- Bytes Software Services Limited SME
- Value
- £49,615.25
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Networking software package (CPV 48210000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 063225-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jun 2026
- Published6 Jul 2026Published 35 days after the contract date
Description
IBM Watson AI Ops licence renewal (2026 - 2027)
About the supplier
Bytes Software Services Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01616977).