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
- Angus Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Beam Up
- Value
- £240,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · IT software package (CPV 48517000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 073867-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Jul 2026
- Published4 Aug 2026Published 11 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of an AI transcription tool for Social Care Service workers
About the supplier
Beam Up: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10637337).