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
- British Tourist Authority t/a VisitBritain/VisitEngland · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £138,925.44
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 075928-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Jul 2026
- Published10 Aug 2026Published 18 days after the contract date
Description
Management of social media content output, scheduling, sourcing monitoring, and reporting.<br/>Awarded via Government Commercial Agency (GCA) RM1557.14 G-Cloud 14
About the supplier
Runtime Collective t/a/Brandwatch: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03898053).