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
- Kent County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Civica UK Ltd
- Value
- £184,860
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 066235-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Jun 2026
- Published14 Jul 2026Published 14 days after the contract date
Description
The Coroners team at KCC currently uses a case management system to manage its death investigation process. The system handles end-to-end coroner duties from initial referral to closure, operating fully electronically to speed up investigations and reduce paperwork.
About the supplier
Civica UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01628868).