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
- Chelmsford City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Avoira Limited SME
- Value
- £350,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Telecoms equipment · Network infrastructure (CPV 32424000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 065745-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Sep 2025
- Published15 Oct 2025Published 33 days after the contract date
Description
Chelmsford City Council have undertaken a mini competition for the provision of Wi-Fi services under CCS RM6116, Lot 2A (Intra Site Connectivity (Local Area Network) / Local Connectivity Services). The Council are seeking a contract with a term of 3 years with 2 optional 12-month extensions.
About the supplier
Avoira Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01763970).