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
- the Education Authority · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Carson McDowell SME
- Value
- £462,500
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Legal services (CPV 79100000)
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Official notice
- 070491-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Jul 2026
- Published24 Jul 2026Published 9 days after the contract date
Description
The provision of legal services for the Strategic Partner Services and School Management System Solution project.
About the supplier
Carson McDowell: every public contract they have won.