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
- East Lothian Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Big Blue Door SME
- Value
- £135,292.50
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 074600-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 Nov 2025
- Published18 Nov 2025Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
The purchase of a new Content Management System for the external website of East Lothian Council, this is to include implementation and the annual licensing of the system.
About the supplier
Big Blue Door: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07958927).