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
- London Borough of Ealing · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Beam Up Limited SME
- Value
- £150,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Miscellaneous software package and computer systems (CPV 48900000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 065524-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jan 2026
- Published13 Jul 2026Published 193 days after the contract date
Description
The Authority has awarded a call-off contract under the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) G‑Cloud 14 Framework Agreement (RM1557.14) for the provision of Magic Notes software by Beam Up Ltd. Magic Notes is an AI-enabled casework recording and documentation solution designed to support practitioners by securely recording interactions, generating case notes, assessments and associated documentation, and reducing administrative burden. The solution will be used to improve efficiency, consistency and quality of case recording and support service delivery. The contract has been awarded via a direct call-off from the G‑Cloud 14 Framework in accordance with the framework call-off procedure.
About the supplier
Beam Up Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10637337).