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
- Greater Manchester Combined Authority · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Vodafone Limited
- Value
- £482,553.15
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 069942-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Jun 2026
- Published23 Jul 2026Published 28 days after the contract date
Description
The procurement through the CCS framework service 3 Framework, Direct Award call off using Vodafone as the reseller of Cisco equipment.
About the supplier
Vodafone Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01471587).