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
- Southampton City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Bluefort Security Limited SME
- Value
- £174,921.99
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Construction materials · Hardware (CPV 44316400)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 073684-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Oct 2025
- Published13 Nov 2025Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
This is for the renewal of the Forescout system which is coming to EOL (end of life) in February 2026.
About the supplier
Bluefort Security Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06085154).