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
- West Northamptonshire Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- HeyCentric SME
- Value
- £1,818,830
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Financial systems software package (CPV 48442000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 070002-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Jul 2026
- Published24 Jul 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
Income management system purchase via the G cloud 14 framework search on a 3 + 1 term
About the supplier
HeyCentric: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 12188113).