Contract award · 17 Jan 2025

Provision of Support and Maintenance for the Central Digital Platform

Cabinet Office awarded “Provision of Support and Maintenance for the Central Digital Platform” to Goaco for £8m. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionIT servicesLondon

BuyerCabinet Office
Value £8m
WinnerGoaco SME

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.

What “without competition” means

Key facts

Buyer
Cabinet Office · National or federal agency/office
Supplier
Goaco SME
Value
£8,000,000
Procedure
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Sector
IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date17 Jan 2025
  2. Published8 Oct 2025Published 264 days after the contract date

Description

Competitive call off against the DOS6 framework

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